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Saint John

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Noun

1. john, john the divine, john the evangelist, saint john, saint john the apostle, st. john, st. john the apostle

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation

2. saint john, saint john river, st. john, st. john river

a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy

3. saint john, st. john

a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick

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Saint John

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noun in most cases, usually abbreviated to: St John
1. 
a port in E Canada, at the mouth of the St John River: the largest city in New Brunswick; very often not abbreviated to 'St'. Pop: 90 762 (2001)
2. 
an island in the Caribbean, in the Virgin Islands of the US. Pop: 4197 (2000). Area: 49 sq km (19 sq miles)
3.  Lake Saint John
4. 
a river in E North America, rising in Maine, US, and flowing northeast to New Brunswick, Canada, then generally southeast to the Bay of Fundy. Length: 673 km (418 miles)

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Saint John

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1. 
seaport in S New Brunswick, Canada, at the mouth of the Saint John River: pop. 72,000
2. 
river flowing from N Maine through New Brunswick, Canada, into the Bay of Fundy: 418 mi (673 km)

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Saint John

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1. An island of the US Virgin Islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico. It became a Danish colony in the 1700s and passed to various European powers before Denmark sold it to the United States in 1917.
2. A city of southern New Brunswick, Canada, on the Bay of Fundy. Founded as a French trading post in the 1630s, it was captured by the British in 1758 and was a refuge for Loyalists after the American Revolution. It is located at the mouth of the Saint John River, which rises in northern Maine and flows about 675 km (420 mi) northeast then southeast.
English statesman, orator, and writer. A Jacobite, he spent much of his life in exile and wrote influential political treatises, notably The Idea of a Patriot King (1749).

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