Definition of Saint Lawrence River

1. Noun. A North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic.

Exact synonyms: Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River
Group relationships: Canada, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Lawrence River

Saint James the Apostle
Saint Jerome
Saint Joan
Saint John
Saint John's
Saint John's bread
Saint John River
Saint John the Apostle
Saint Johns
Saint Johns River
Saint Joseph
Saint Jude
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River (current term)
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Saint Louis
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucian
Saint Lucian Creole French
Saint Lucians
Saint Luke
Saint Maarten
Saint Mark
Saint Martin
Saint Martin's summer
Saint Mary
Saint Matthew
Saint Matthew the Apostle

Literary usage of Saint Lawrence River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The whole of the valley of the Saint Lawrence River, from a short distance above Montreal, lies within its boundaries and constitutes, with the Eastern ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"N. Y, town in Jefferson County, on the Saint Lawrence River, forming the gateway to the Thousand Islands. It is on the New York Central Railroad and is ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"(See Saint Lawrence River.) The Red River of the North enters the Atlantic Ocean ... The Great Lakes with their large outlet, the Saint Lawrence River, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"(See Saint Lawrence River). The Red River of the North enters the Atlantic Ocean ... The Great Lakes with their large outlet, the Saint Lawrence River, ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Saint Lawrence River and Gulf. The Saint Lawrence River is in North America ... The area of the water surface of the Saint Lawrence River system, ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The name Saint Lawrence River is properly confined to the outlet of Lake Ontario, flowing from the northeastern extremity of that lake in an almost straight ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Besides Prince Edward Island in the south and Anticosti Island near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, there are several clusters of smaller islands, ..."

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