Turks Gut Long Pond

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Turks Gut—the former name of Marysvale—which refers to the Turkish and Barbary pirates that operated in the region.[1]

Proper noun

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Turks Gut Long Pond

  1. A pond in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

References

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  1. ^ 1996, William Baillie Hamilton, Place Names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, page 232