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Revision as of 20:46, 23 August 2008
Saint Clair is the name of numerous places and people. There was no actual saint with this name (although there are two saints named Saint Clare). The name is thought to be a corruption of Norman French words Sint Clair, meaning "clear well" or "clear pool".
Places
In Australia
- St Clair, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
In Canada
- St. Clair, Ontario
- St. Clair River
- St. Clair (TTC), St. Clair West (TTC), and St. Clair Avenue in Toronto
- St. Clair College
- St. Clair National Wildlife Area
In France
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair, in the Calvados département
- Saint-Clair, Ardèche, in the Ardèche département
- Saint-Clair, Lot, in the Lot département
- Saint-Clair, Tarn-et-Garonne, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département
- Saint-Clair, Vienne, in the Vienne département
- Saint-Clair-d'Arcey, in the Eure département
- Saint-Clair-de-Halouze, in the Orne département
- Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour, in the Isère département
- Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, in the Isère 'département
- Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, in the Val-d'Oise département
- Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure, in the Isère département
- Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, in the Manche département
- Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts, in the Seine-Maritime département
In New Zealand
- Saint Clair, New Zealand, a suburb of Dunedin
In the United States
Cities
- St. Clair, Michigan
- St. Clair Shores, Michigan
- St. Clair, Minnesota
- Saint Clair, Missouri
- St. Clair, Pennsylvania (also Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania)
- St. Clair (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Facilities
See also
People
- Arthur St. Clair, U.S. revolutionary leader
- Bob St. Clair, sportsman
- Gairy St. Clair, Australian boxer
- Henri Etienne Saint-Claire Deville, French Chemist, the first to extract metallic aluminum in quantity
- Isla St Clair, singer
- James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
- Jean de Saint-Clair, alleged sixth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion
- Jeffrey St. Clair, editor
- Lindi St Clair, prostitute and political campaigner
- Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)
- Marie de Saint-Clair, alleged second Grand Master of the Priory of Sion
- Margaret St. Clair, writer
- Rosalia St. Clair, writer
- Stuart St. Clair, Australian lobbyist and politician
- Taylor St. Clair, American pornographic actress
- Terry St Clair, British singer-songwriter
Variant spellings
See also:
- St. Claire
- (de) Saint Claire
- (de) Saint-Claire
- (de) Sainte Claire
- (de) Sainte-Claire
- Saint Clare
- Santa Clara (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Santa Clarita
- Sinclair
- Sinkler
- St Clere