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Noun: St. Louis
  1. The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
    - Saint Louis, Gateway to the West
     
  2. King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
    - Louis IX of France, Louis IX, Saint Louis

Type of: city, King of France, metropolis, port, saint, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Missouri, MO, Mo., Show Me State