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GULLIES [3 records]

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Record 1 2002-06-13

English

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

Small watercourse.

CONT

Long Stone Gully, Nfld.

CONT

Long Gullies, N.S.

OBS

gully; gullies: rare; generic used in Nfld. and N.S.

OBS

gully; gullies: 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 (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

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

ruisselet : générique non attesté au Canada lorsqu'il représente un petit cours d'eau. La Commission de toponymie du Canada toutefois recommande de traduire «gully/gullies» par «ruisselet».

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-11

English

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

Indentation in a coastline or shoreline sometimes with a watercourse flowing at its head.

CONT

Chapel Gully, N.S. The Two Gullies, N.S.

OBS

gully; gullies: generic used in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Also used in its plural form (gullies).

OBS

gully; gullies: 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 (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada. These terms were added to the official list of new generics validated after the publication of TB-176 in 1987 and are currently published in Terminology Update, Vol. 32,2 - Supplement, 1999.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Petit rentrant du rivage de forme étroite et allongée.

CONT

Crique de la Chaloupe, Qué.

OBS

crique : terme d'origine scandinave (kriki) dont le genre est bien féminin dans ce sens. Sur une côte rocheuse, la crique, dont les eaux sont habituellement profondes et salées, offre un abri naturel aux embarcations. Générique attesté au Québec et en Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

crique : 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.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-03-08

English

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

Small pond(s) and marsh.

CONT

Small Point Gully, Nfld.

CONT

Wood Chisel Gullies, Nfld.

CONT

Indian Steady, Nfld.

CONT

Goose Steadies, Nfld.

OBS

gully; gullies: generics used in Newfoundland.

OBS

steady; steadies: generics used in Newfoundland.

OBS

gully; gullies, steady; steadies: 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
DEF

Nappe d'eau stagnante de faible profondeur, envahie par la végétation.

CONT

Marais des Castors, Québec.

OBS

marais : générique attesté au Man., au Québec et en N.-É.

OBS

marais : 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.

Spanish

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