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Channel

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

proper noun

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    Variant of English ChannelEllipsis of English Channel: a strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

From being a channel.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Etymology

Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.

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