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SAINT JOHN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
Synonyms:
Saint John; St. John
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Saint John" is a part of...):
New Brunswick (a province in southeastern Canada)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
Synonyms:
Saint John; Saint John River; St. John; St. John River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Saint John" is a part of...):
New Brunswick (a province in southeastern Canada)
Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
Synonyms:
John; John the Divine; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; St. John; St. John the Apostle
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Domain category:
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
