/ English Dictionary

ST. CHRISTOPHER

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis

Synonyms:

Saint Christopher; Saint Kitts; St. Christopher; St. Kitts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("St. Christopher" is a part of...):

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Christopher-Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St. Christopher-Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis (a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)

Synonyms:

Christopher; Saint Christopher; St. Christopher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

patron saint (a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation)

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