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sugar loaf [3 records]

Record 1 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
DEF

A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar.

OBS

According to the Oxford English Dictionary Online, this moulded conical mass of sugar is non rarely made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Masse de sucre blanc de forme conique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-10-22

English

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

Conical hill with rounded top.

CONT

Little Sugar Loaf, Nfld.

OBS

Used in Nfld., N.S., and Ont.

OBS

Terminology validated by 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
DEF

Colline rocheuse modelée dans des roches cristallines ou cristallophylliennes (granites, gneiss, etc.) avec un sommet arrondi et des parois curvilignes.

OBS

Certains «inselbergs» ont des formes en pain de sucre, mais tous les pains de sucre ne sont pas des inselbergs.

OBS

Non attesté en français au Canada.

OBS

Terminologie uniformisée par 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.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 3 1994-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
OBS

A kind of refined sugar now rarely produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)

Spanish

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