Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saint ann

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: sain-t ann
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Saint Ann Parish: a parish of Middlesex County, Jamaica.

Etymology

Ellipsis of Saint Ann Parish. Named after Saint Ann's Bay, which was in turn named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the settlement and bay of Spanish Santa Gloria.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Santa Gloria

Inflected Forms

St. Ann (alternative) St Ann (alternative) St.-Ann (alternative) St-Ann (alternative) Saint-Ann (alternative)

Phrases

Saint Ann Parish St Anne's

Frequently Paired Words

St Anne's

Synonyms

Saint Ann Parish

Questions

What does saint ann mean?: Ellipsis of Saint Ann Parish: a parish of Middlesex County, Jamaica.
Where does saint ann come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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