St. George's

St. George's

See also: St. George, St George, and Saint George

English

Etymology

The town in Newfoundland is named for its close proximity to Cape St. George and St. George's Bay.

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint George (died 303). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔɹdʒɪz/
• Hyphenation: St. George's
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒɪz
• Homophones: St Georges, St. Georges

Proper noun

St. George's

1. The capital city of Grenada.
2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
4. A town in Bermuda.
5. A town in North Somerset district, Somerset, England.

Derived terms

• St. George's Day
• St. George's Cross

Translations

capital of Grenada

Antillean Creole: Grenadian: Sen Jòj Arabic: سانت جورجز‎ m (sant jurjis) Armenian: Սենտ Ջորջես (Sent J̌orǰes) Chinese: Mandarin: 聖喬治／圣乔治 (zh) (Shèngqiáozhì) Danish: Saint George's Japanese: セントジョージズ (Sentojōjizu) Korean: 세인트조지스 (Seinteujojiseu) Polish: Saint George's (pl) n Portuguese: St. George's f Russian: Сент-Джо́рджес m (Sent-Džórdžes)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English St. George's.

Proper noun

St. George's f

1. St. George's (the capital city of Grenada)