Edmundston
English
editEtymology
editDerived from Edmund (“a personal name”) + -s- + -ton. The city in New Brunswick is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɛd.mənds.tən/
- Hyphenation: Ed‧munds‧ton
- Rhymes: -ɛdməndstən
Proper noun
editEdmundston
- A town in Maryland, United States.
- A city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1850]
- Synonym: Petit-Sault (historical)
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Edmundston. The city is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEdmundston m
- A city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1850]
- Synonym: Petit-Sault (historical)
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms interfixed with -s-
- English terms suffixed with -ton
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛdməndstən
- Rhymes:English/ɛdməndstən/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Maryland, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Maryland, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in New Brunswick
- en:Cities in Canada
- en:Places in New Brunswick
- en:Places in Canada
- English eponyms
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/œn
- Rhymes:French/œn/3 syllables
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Cities in New Brunswick
- fr:Cities in Canada
- fr:Places in New Brunswick
- fr:Places in Canada
- French eponyms