St.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "st"

English

Alternative forms

Noun

St. (plural Sts.)

  1. Abbreviation of street (in names of specific streets, not as a common noun)
  2. Abbreviation of Saint (always capitalized).
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  3. (US) Abbreviation of state (pertaining to US states)

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of Street as used in case citations. See e.g. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

Coordinate terms

  • S. (abbreviation of "San", male "saint" from Spanish, found in some English placenames, separate from S. as an occasional abbreviation of English saint)
  • Sta. (abbreviation of "Santa", female "saint" from Spanish, found in some English placenames)
  • Ste. (abbreviation of "Sainte", female "saint" from French, found in some English placenames)

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

St. m (uncountable, feminine Sta.)

  1. Abbreviation of Sant (St.).

Dutch

Noun

St.

  1. Abbreviation of Sint. St

French

Noun

St.

  1. Abbreviation of saint (St).

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

St. (indeclinable)

  1. Abbreviation of Sankt.

Further reading

  • St.” in Duden online

Portuguese

Noun

St. m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of santo (St).

Swedish

Noun

St.

  1. (place name) Abbreviation of Stora (Large, Big, Grand).
    St. Ekö 7 km
    Big Oak Island 7 km
    St. Slottet hitåt
    Grand Palace this way
    See also: s:a
  2. (nonstandard) Abbreviation of Sankt (Saint).
    Synonym: t
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