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Definition of Saint johns
1. Noun. A river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean.
Group relationships: Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Johns
Literary usage of Saint johns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Michigan by Charles Moore (1915)
"After his graduation from the saint johns High School, in 1894, Charles Henry
... While clerking he was employed in saint johns, Otsego and Charlotte before ..."
2. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"saint johns; village in Clinton County, Michigan, named for John Swegles. ...
Saint John the Baptist; parish in Louisiana, named from the saint johns River. ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"saint johns, county of Canada, XIV. 536. SAINT JOHN'S, city of Newfoundland, XIV.
686. saint johns, town of Canada, XIV. 537. ... saint johns college: see ..."
4. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith (1843)
"saint johns, county. Flor. Situated in the к. part of the peninsula, ...
saint johns, po., Allen county, O., 95 N. w. Columbus, 480 W. saint johns, po., ..."
5. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"... AD I583- S/r Humfrey Gilbert did arrive at saint johns Haven in Newfound land,
the 3. oj August. Anno 1583. Among these there vías found the tract of a ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"saint johns. A village and the county- seat of Clinton County, Mich., ... It has
the saint johns- bury Academy, Fairbanks Museum, an art gallery, ..."
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