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Cape Breton

Cape Breton proper noun: a cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Also the ellipsis of Cape Breton Island.

Proper noun

Cape Breton

  1. A cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. A regional municipality of Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia, Canada; in full, Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
  3. (historical) A former colony of Cape Breton, British North America.

Also used as

Cape Breton is also the ellipsis of Cape Breton Island.

Words formed from Cape Breton

Questions about Cape Breton

What does Cape Breton mean?
Cape Breton means a cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
What part of speech is Cape Breton?
Cape Breton is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Breton in the dictionary

  1. Cape Barren goose
  2. Cape Barren Island
  3. Cape beach daisy
  4. Cape Bon
  5. Cape boxwood
  6. Cape Breton
  7. Cape Breton County
  8. Cape Breton Island
  9. Cape Breton Regional Municipality
  10. Cape Bretoner
  11. Cape Bretoners

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