English Explanatory Dictionary

Eastern Townships

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical, customarily recognized, and tourist region in southwestern Quebec, mostly in the Estrie administrative region.

Word forms

Eastern Townships the Eastern Townships

Etymology

Townships as the area was reorganized from the seigneurial system to the English county system with townships following the British conquest; Eastern contrasting with townships in what is now Ontario.

Synonyms

The Townships

Derived words

Townshipper
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