Saint Louis
短语圣路易斯（美国的港口城市）；圣路易斯河
发音
US
/seɪnt ˈluːɪs/
US
/seɪnt ˈluəs/
US
/seɪntˈluːwi/
US
/sənt ˈluːɪs/
US
/sɑn ˈlui/
UK
/seɪnt ˈluːwiː/
别名
St Louis
St. Louis
Saint-Louis
释义与例句
name
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1.
A river in northeastern Minnesota, United States.
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2.
A city in eastern Missouri, United States, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and formerly important in the westward expansion of the United States.
词源
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. Doublet of São Luís.
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