Flower's Cove

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The name of the settlement is derived from a corruption of the word flour (scum caused by the action of breakers on a shoreline). The element flour was gradually reinterpreted to flower.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaʊ.ɚs ˈkoʊv/
  • Hyphenation: Flow‧er's Cove
  • Rhymes: -əʊv

Proper noun[edit]

Flower's Cove

  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.