"St. Clair" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: St Clair [alternative], Saint Clair [alternative], Saint-Clair [alternative], St-Clair [alternative], St.-Clair [alternative]
Etymology: 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 with punctuation—following North American practice. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|Claire}} French Claire, {{bor|en|la|sancta|Sancta}} Latin Sancta, {{der|en|it|Chiara}} Italian Chiara, {{mdash}} —, {{mdash}} — Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} St. Clair
  1. Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Sinclair (extra: a surname)
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-RXpkBg5K Categories (other): English surnames Disambiguation of English surnames: 21 14 14 11 15 14 11
  2. Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Sinclair (extra: a male given name)
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-kb04N1Q9 Categories (other): English given names, English male given names Disambiguation of English given names: 3 23 20 7 19 21 6 Disambiguation of English male given names: 3 28 18 7 18 20 6
  3. A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Canada, Townships in Ontario, Canada
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-pfHQhd5m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 29 6 28 30 6 Disambiguation of English given names: 3 23 20 7 19 21 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 29 5 27 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 29 5 27 30 6
  4. A city in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Michigan, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Michigan, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Lake St. Clair, St. Clair County, St. Clair River, St. Clairsville
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-iAR5ZDVD
  5. A small city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Minnesota, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Minnesota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-LanZBcse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 29 6 28 30 6 Disambiguation of English given names: 3 23 20 7 19 21 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 29 5 27 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 29 5 27 30 6
  6. A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Categories (place): Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-CQxBOcT~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 29 6 28 30 6 Disambiguation of English given names: 3 23 20 7 19 21 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 29 5 27 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 29 5 27 30 6
  7. A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Categories (place): Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pittsburgh, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-St._Clair-en-name-b0MTe8Ms Categories (other): Neighborhoods of Pittsburgh
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (142890b and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.