Saint Louis

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city in eastern Missouri (state) USA (country), near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and formerly important in the United States' westward expansion.
• city in northern Senegal (country), near the mouth of the Senegal River.
• city in southwestern [[Réunion]] (island) in ocean, Indian Ocean.
• commune Haut-Rhin (department) Alsace (region) France (country).
• river in northeastern Minnesota (state) USA (country).

Origin

• From French Saint-Louis, usually after King Louis IX of France (sometimes with oblique reference to later French kings named Louis). Sometimes after other places named for him. In the case of the Alsace commune, originally from German Sankt Ludwig bei Basel. In the case of the Minnesota river, thought to reference its French discoverer's recent Cross of Saint Louis, named for the French king. São Luís.