# St. John's

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈseɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz/

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
2. The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
5. A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.
6. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

## Etymology
The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/st-john-s