Etymograph

English

Saint Ann's Bay

Named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the bay Spanish Santa Gloria.

Made of the words Saint + Ann's + Bay

Late Latin baia

French baie ‘bay’

English Bay

The story

Named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the bay Spanish Santa Gloria. The town is named after the bay.

Today it means

name A bay of Saint Ann parish, Jamaica.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Saint Ann's Bay