English Explanatory Dictionary

Conception Bay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A bay on the south-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. A bay on the coast of Namibia.

Word forms

Conception Bay

Etymology

In Newfoundland, adapted from Portuguese Baia da Conceição. The name of the Namibian bay may be from the same source, although in German colonial days it was Empfängnisbucht; the Afrikaans name is Conceptionbaai.

Derived words

Conception Bay South
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