St Clair
English
Alternative forms
- (all senses): St. Clair, Saint Clair
- (names): Saint-Clair, St-Clair, St.-Clair
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 without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.
- Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.
- A coastal suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A business and residential district in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
References
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