St. Louis

[ seynt loo-is ]

noun

1. a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
2. a river in NE Minnesota, flowing generally S to Lake Superior at Duluth. 160 miles (257 km) long.

St. Louis

1. The largest city in Missouri .

Notes

Known as the “Gateway to the West” because of its importance as a staging area for wagon trains in the nineteenth century. The Gateway Arch, made of steel and several hundred feet high, stands in St. Louis in commemoration of this fact.

Example Sentences

In between his California commitments, Rife will also make stops in Honolulu, New York City, Montreal, Seattle and St. Louis, among other cities.

From Los Angeles Times

A study by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has begun to fill that gap.

From Science Daily

In January, the DEA charged two doctors in St. Louis, Missouri for distributing ketamine without authorization, and the agency also charged two doctors in connection to Perry’s death this summer.

From Salon

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon

He was held and released by police in Maryland Heights, a city northwest of St. Louis.

From Los Angeles Times