English Explanatory Dictionary

Lardeau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Word forms

Lardeau

Etymology

Apparently the spelling Lardo was first chosen, the name of a brand of cooking fat (from lard + o), which quickly became Lardeau as an alternative. The Lardeau spelling was later adopted officially.

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