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THOROUGHFARE [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
  • Road Networks
DEF

A passage, road, or street open at both ends.

PHR

Heavily-travelled thoroughfare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Réseaux routiers

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-06-18

English

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

Narrow channel joining two water bodies.

CONT

Sugar Island Thoroughfare, N.B.

OBS

thoroughfare: generic used in Nfld. and N.B.

OBS

thoroughfare: term and definition officially approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Voie navigable naturelle ou aménagée entre des terres ou des hauts-fonds.

CONT

Chenal des Grands Voiliers, Québec.

OBS

chenal : on entend également le terme "chenail" pour chenal au Québec et dans les régions d'expression française des Maritimes. Générique attesté dans plusieurs provinces.

OBS

chenal : 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)
  • chenail

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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