Trois-Rivières
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French Trois-Rivières (“Three Rivers”).
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- A city in Quebec
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Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Etymology edit
From trois (“three”) + rivières (“rivers”). From the fact that three rivers flow through the area (confluence of two rivers, one flowing into the other, resulting in three channels, two incoming and one outgoing).
Pronunciation edit
- (France) IPA(key): /tʁwa.ʁi.vjɛʁ/
- (Quebec, formal) IPA(key): [tʁwɑ.ʁi.vjɛːʁ], [tʁwɑ.ʁi.vjæːʁ]
Audio (Mauricie, Canada) (file)
- (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [tʁwɔ.ʁi.vjaɛ̯ʁ]
Audio (Mauricie, Canada) (file)
- Hyphenation: Trois-‧Ri‧vières
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Proper noun edit
- A city and regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
- (informal) Three Rivers
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- English: Trois-Rivières