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St Pancras

/sənt ˈpæŋkɹəs/

St Pancras proper noun: an area of the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).

Proper noun

St Pancras

  1. An area of the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).
  2. A former borough, the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras in the County of London, which became part of the London borough of Camden in Greater London in 1965.
    • Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)1955 December, “Emission of Smoke by Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 812

Origin of St Pancras

After Saint Pancras of Rome, whose relics were supposedly housed at the church in this location.

Questions about St Pancras

What does St Pancras mean?
St Pancras means an area of the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).
What part of speech is St Pancras?
St Pancras is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce St Pancras?
St Pancras is pronounced /sənt ˈpæŋkɹəs/ (UK).

Words near St Pancras in the dictionary

  1. St Nicholas Hurst
  2. St Nick
  3. St Olaves
  4. St Osyth
  5. St Owen's Cross
  6. St Pancras
  7. St Patrick's cabbage
  8. St Patrick's Day
  9. St Patrick's Isle
  10. St Paul's Walden
  11. St Pauls

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