English Explanatory Dictionary

Flower's Cove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈflaʊ.ɚs ˈkoʊv/

Word forms

Flower's Cove

Etymology

The name of the settlement is derived from a corruption of the word flour (“scum caused by the action of breakers on a shoreline”). The element flour was gradually reinterpreted to flower.

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