Saint-Pierre

French Caribbean city

Saint-Pierre is a name shared by numerous places in the French-speaking world, most notably the largest town of the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, near Newfoundland.

It also names towns in Martinique and Réunion, and appears throughout France and former French territories.

The name honors Saint Peter.

architecture

basilica

Colonnaded church with apse

  • cathedralBishop's principal church
  • domeRounded vault forming roof
  • spireTapering architectural peak

nave · apse · chancel · transept · vault · buttress · colonnade · pediment · cornice · pilaster

caribbean

Martinique

French territory, eastern Caribbean

Antilles · tropics · creole · zouk · carnival · rum · langouste · beaches · rainforest · diving

atlantic

archipelago

Chain of scattered islands

  • fishingCatching aquatic creatures
  • codCold-water food fish
  • trawlerNet-dragging fishing boat

France · territory · remote · fog · maritime · harbour · lighthouse · Newfoundland · outpost · francophone

historical

colonization

Foreign territorial takeover

voyageurs · Acadians · treaty · archives · chronicles · deportation · patrimony · discovery · expedition · documents

Opposites
volcanic disaster fate

Saint-PierrePompeii

Volcano-buried Roman city

Herculaneum

apostolic loyalty

Saint-PierreJudas Iscariot

Disciple who betrayed Christ

Judas · Satan · Barabbas · Pontius Pilate · Caiaphas

french overseas territories

Saint-PierreRéunion

French island near Mauritius

French Polynesia · New Caledonia · Guadeloupe · Martinique · French Guiana

Family

saint, saints, saintly, sainthood, sainted, Pierre, Peter, petrify, petrified

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G