Brockville

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English

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Etymology

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From the surname Brock +‎ -ville.

  • In Ontario, named after Isaac Brock, major general and temporary administrator of the province of Upper Canada. Formerly named Elizabethtown, then a village.
  • In Dunedin, named after settler Frederick Brock-Hollinshead.

Proper noun

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Brockville

  1. A city in eastern Ontario, Canada.
  2. An outer suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [1]

References

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  1. ^ NZ Topo Map

Further reading

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