St. Den?is (?se?nt ?d?n ?s; for 2,3 also Fr. s?? d??ni) n. 1. Ruth, 1880??1968, U.S. dancer. 2. a suburb of Paris in N France: famous abbey, the burial place of many French kings. 96,759. 3. the capital of Réunion Island, in the Indian Ocean. 109,072. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.