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Detroit [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City in the American state of Michigan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville de l'état américain du Michigan. Bien que cette ville ait été fondée par des Français, son nom s'écrit malgré tout avec une graphie anglaise. On voit cependant Détroit ici et là, mais il ne figure dans aucun dictionnaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Constricted section of water body.

CONT

Seymour Narrows, B.C.

CONT

Little Detroit, Ont.

CONT

Goose Gutter, N.S.

CONT

Whale's Mouth, Ont.

OBS

narrows: usually having strong tidal currents. Generic widely used.

OBS

detroit: rare; generic used in Ont.

OBS

gutter: rare; generic used in N.S.

OBS

mouth: rare; generic used in Nfld. and Ont.

OBS

narrows; detroit; gutter; mouth: terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Étroite nappe d'eau entre des terres, qui réunit deux grandes étendues d'eau.

CONT

Passage de Bougainville.

OBS

passage : dans la pratique, «passage» et «détroit» peuvent avoir été employés indifféremment l'un pour l'autre. Générique attesté au Qué.

OBS

passage : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Key term(s)
  • détroit

Spanish

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