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ISLA CABO BRETON [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-30

English

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

An island located in northeastern Nova Scotia.

OBS

Coordinates: 46° 11' 12" N, 60° 46' 15" W.

OBS

One of the toponyms of pan-Canadian significance with an officially approved form in both official languages. The list, established and adopted by the Treasury Board and the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC), has been promulgated as a schedule of the TB Directive 1983-58 of November 23, 1983.

OBS

Usage on federal maps: Pan-Canadian names should be written in both official languages on bilingual maps and in the corresponding language on French and English versions of a map and in narrative form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Île située dans la partie nord-est de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Coordonnées : 46° 11' 12" N, 60° 46' 15" O.

OBS

Un des toponymes d'intérêt pancanadien ayant une forme distincte reconnue dans les deux langues officielles. La liste, établie et adoptée par le Conseil du Trésor (CT) et la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC), a été diffusée en annexe à la Directive 1983-58 du CT du 23 novembre 1983.

OBS

Usage sur les cartes fédérales : Les noms d'intérêt pancanadien doivent être inscrits dans les deux langues officielles sur les cartes bilingues, et dans la langue appropriée sur les versions anglaise et française d'une carte et d'un texte suivi.

OBS

Usage de la majuscule : Dans une liste, sur une carte géographique, ou sur un panneau de signalisation, le générique porte la majuscule. Dans un texte suivi en français, le générique porte la minuscule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (Canadá)
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Record 2 2020-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
CONT

... form of military commission formerly used in the [United States (U.S.)] and British armies. Under the system in which an officer was customarily promoted within his regiment or corps, a brevet conferred upon him a rank in the army at large higher than that held in his corps. Frequently it carried with it the pay, right to command, and uniform of the higher grade. In the United States especially, brevet rank was widely bestowed as a reward for outstanding service; it became the subject of extensive confusion and controversy during the American Civil War. After 1865, U.S. brevet rank was gradually stripped of its benefits, and officers were rewarded instead by decorations.

OBS

Brevet ranks or similar commissions were used in other militaries and did not always confer the authority, precedence or pay of the higher rank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización militar
CONT

[...] se confirió a Amherst el grado temporal de mayor general en América, recibiendo el encargo concreto de apoderarse del fuerte francés existente en Louisbourg, en la isla de Cabo Bretón.

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