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St. Francis

St. Francis proper noun: any of several saints. Also the ellipsis of St. Francis County.

Proper noun

St. Francis

  1. Any of several saints
    1. Saint Francis of Assisi
      • St. Francis be my ſpeed, how oft to night / Haue my old feet ſtumbled at graues?c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. A small city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States.
  4. A town on the Canadian border in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
  5. A city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
  8. A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.

Also used as

St. Francis is also the ellipsis of St. Francis County.

St. Francis is also the ellipsis of St. Francis River.

Forms of St. Francis

alternative formSaint Francis
alternative formSaint-Francis
alternative formSt-Francis
alternative formSt.-Francis
alternative formSt Francis

Words formed from St. Francis

Questions about St. Francis

What does St. Francis mean?
St. Francis means any of several saints.
What part of speech is St. Francis?
St. Francis is a proper noun.

Words near St. Francis in the dictionary

  1. St. Elmo's light
  2. St. Elmo's lights
  3. St. Elsewhere
  4. St. Felix
  5. St. Fiden
  6. St. Francis
  7. St. Francis County
  8. St. Francisville
  9. St. Francois County
  10. St. Gall
  11. St. Gallen

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