St Andrews (disambiguation)
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The element St Andrew, St. Andrews or St. Andrew's is found in the names of many places and institutions. All of them are named after Saint Andrew, a Christian saint and one of the New Testament Apostles, and were often founded by Scottish people as Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland.
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[edit] British Isles
- the Saint Andrew's Cross (or saltire), the national flag of Scotland or the Russian naval ensign
- the Royal Burgh of St Andrews, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland
- The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, a world-famous golf club based in the above town
- University of St Andrews, a university in Fife, Scotland
- St Andrews Castle, Fife, Scotland
- St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh, headquarters of the Scottish Executive
- St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, Scotland
- Saint Andrew's High School, a Catholic high school outside Glasgow, Scotland
- St Andrews, Orkney a parish on the island of Orkney, Scotland
- St Andrews, Bristol, a suburb of Bristol, England
- St Andrews (stadium), the home stadium of Birmingham City football club
- St. Andrew's College (Dublin), a private international secondary school in Ireland
- St. Andrews Major, a village parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- St Andrew's, Guernsey, a parish in the Channel Islands
- St Andrews High School, A high school in Worthing
- St Andrews Catholic School, A secondary School in Leatherhead, Surrey.
[edit] Malta
- St. Andrew's, Malta, an informal district in St. Julian's
[edit] North America
[edit] Canada
- St. Andrews Heights, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
- St. Andrews, Manitoba
- St. Andrews, New Brunswick, also known as "St. Andrews-by-the-Sea"
- St. Andrew (electoral district), in Ontario
- St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario), an all-boys independent boarding school
- St. Andrew (TTC), a subway station in Toronto
[edit] United States
- St. Andrew's School (Delaware), a boarding school in Middletown, Delaware
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Maryland), in Potomac, Maryland
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mississippi), in Jackson, Mississippi
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Texas), in Austin, Texas
- St. Andrews, South Carolina, a city
- St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC
- St. Andrew's Society of Charleston, South Carolina, the first known immigrant Scottish society
- New Saint Andrews College, a classical Christian college located in Moscow, Idaho
- St. Andrews Parish, Roanoke, VA, On the National Register of Historic Places
[edit] Caribbean
- Saint Andrew Parish, the name of parishes in several Caribbean nations
[edit] South America
- St. Andrew's Scots School, Argentina
[edit] Japan
- St. Andrew's University, or Momoyama Gakuin University, a private university in Izumi, Osaka
[edit] Australia and New Zealand
[edit] Australia
- St Andrews, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
- Saint Andrews, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
[edit] New Zealand
- St Andrews, New Zealand, a town in South Canterbury
- St Andrews, Hamilton, a suburb in Hamilton.
[edit] See also
- St. Andrew's Church (disambiguation page)
- St. Andrew's Cathedral (disambiguation page)
- San Andrés (disambiguation page)
- San Andreas (disambiguation page)
- St Andrews Agreement
- Saint Andrew's Cross (BDSM), a kind of bondage furniture
Other saints who share this name include:
- Saint Andrew Corsini (San Andrea Corsini)
- Saint Andrew of Crete
- Saint Andrew of Crete (martyr)
- Saint Andrew of Constantinople
- Saints Andrew Dung-Lac An Tran, Andrew Thong Kim Nguyen, Andrew Trong Van Tram, and Andrew Tuong of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Saint Andrew Kim Taegon of the Korean Martyrs
- Saint Andrew the Scot
- Andrew of Lampsacus
- Andrew Avellino