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St Clair

St Clair proper noun: a seaside suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Also the alternative form of Sinclair.

Proper noun

St Clair

  1. A seaside suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  3. An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A locality in Bass Coast Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.
  6. A business and residential district in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Also used as

St Clair is also the alternative form of Sinclair.

Forms of St Clair

alternative formSt. Clair
alternative formSaint Clair
alternative formSaint-Clair
alternative formSt-Clair
alternative formSt.-Clair

Origin of St Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St Clair—abbreviated without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.

Questions about St Clair

What does St Clair mean?
St Clair means a seaside suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
What part of speech is St Clair?
St Clair is a proper noun.

Words near St Clair in the dictionary

  1. St Catharine's Club
  2. St Catherine's
  3. St Catherine's Society
  4. St Catz
  5. St Charles
  6. St Clair
  7. St Claire
  8. St Clare
  9. St Claus
  10. St Clears
  11. St Clement

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