Oromocto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. A town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada, located at the mouth of the river of the same name.
  3. A lake in New Brunswick, Canada, from which the North Oromocto River (a tributary of the Oromocto River) flows.

Word forms

Oromocto

Etymology

The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).

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