English

Noun

St.

1. (law) Abbreviation of street.
2. Abbreviation of Saint (always capitalized).
3. (US) Abbreviation of state. (pertaining to U.S. states)
4. Alternative form of St (abbreviation)

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

Coordinate terms

• Sta. (abbreviation of "Santa", female "saint" from Spanish, found in some English placenames)
• Ste. (abbreviation of "Sainte", female "saint" from French, found in some English placenames)

Translations

Portuguese

Abbreviation

St.

1. Abbreviation of Santo. St

German

Abbreviation

st.

1. statt