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Saint Lawrence River
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Saint-Lawrence River
English
Alternative forms
en St. Lawrence River Saint-Lawrence River St.-Lawrence River St-Lawrence River
Etymology
From en w:Saint Lawrence river. en fr fleuve Saint-Laurent. From en frm Fleuve sainct Laurens. en Saint Lawrence Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. en Samuel de Champlain French explorer 1604. In turn named after the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, itself coined by another French explorer, en Jacques Cartier, which lies at the mouth of the river. That bay was named for being discovered on the Feast Day of Saint Lawrence, 10 August 1535.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Saint Lawrence River.wav Southern England
Proper noun
1 Saint Lawrence River
en large river c/Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Translations
river
Abenaki: abe Moliantegok
Armenian: hy Սուրբ Լավրենտիոսի գետ
Bulgarian: bg Река Сейнт Лорънс f
Catalan: ca Riu Sant Llorenç m
Cree:
Montagnais: moe Wepistukujaw Sipo
Czech: cs Řeka svatého Vavřince f
Danish: da Saint Lawrence c
Dutch: nl Sint-Laurens m
Finnish: fi Saint Lawrence
French: fr Saint-Laurent m
German: de Sankt-Lorenz-Strom
Greek: el Άγιος Λαυρέντιος m
Hungarian: hu Szent Lőrinc-folyó
Irish: ga Abhainn San Labhrás f
Italian: it San Lorenzo m
Mohawk: moh Kaniatarowanénhne, moh Kahrhionhwa'kó:wa, moh Roiatatokenti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb St. Lawrence
Nynorsk: nn St. Lawrence-elva
Polish: pl Rzeka Świętego Wawrzyńca f
Portuguese: pt São Lourenço m, pt Rio São Lourenço m
Romanian: ro Sfântul Laurențiu m
Russian: ru Река́ Свято́го Лавре́нтия
Slovak: sk Rieka svätého Vavrinca f
Slovene: sl Reka svetega Lovrenca f
Spanish: es Río San Lorenzo m
Swedish: sv Saint Lawrencefloden c
Ukrainian: uk Рі́чка Свято́го Лавре́нтія f