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English
Noun
St. (plural Sts.)
- Abbreviation of street (in names of specific streets, not as a common noun)
- Abbreviation of Saint (always capitalized).
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- (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
abbreviation of Saint
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Catalan
Noun
St. m (uncountable, feminine Sta.)
- Abbreviation of Sant (“St.”).
Dutch
Noun
St.
- Abbreviation of Sint. St
French
Noun
St.
- Abbreviation of saint (“St”).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
St. (indeclinable)
- Abbreviation of Sankt.
Further reading
Portuguese
Noun
St. m (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of santo (“St”).
Swedish
Noun
St.
- (place name) Abbreviation of Stora (“Large, Big, Grand”).
St. Ekö 7 km- Big Oak Island 7 km
St. Slottet hitåt- Grand Palace this way
- (nonstandard) Abbreviation of Sankt (“Saint”).
- Synonym: t