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DALLES [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Rat Portage and Dalles Band: band located in Ontario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

bande de Rat Portage et Dalles : bande vivant en Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-06-18

English

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

Rocky Narrows.

CONT

The Little Dalles, Ont.

OBS

dalles: rare; generic used in Ont.

OBS

dalles : 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
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

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

CONT

Passage de Bougainville, Québec.

OBS

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

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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