English Explanatory Dictionary

Churchill River

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, containing Churchill Falls.

Word forms

Churchill River the Churchill River

Etymology

Churchill+river. Coined by Joey Smallwood in 1965. From being a river named in honour of Sir Winston Churchill, by Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood, renamed along with the waterfall situated along it, just prior to the commencement of the hydroelectric project at the falls; renaming it from Hamilton River, itself renamed from Grand River, derived from the Innu name of the river, Mishtashipu.

Synonyms

Grand River Hamilton River Mishtashipu Mishta-shipu Patshishetshunau-shipu
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