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Conception Bay

Conception Bay proper noun: a bay on the south-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Proper noun

Conception Bay

  1. A bay on the south-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. A bay on the coast of Namibia.

Origin of Conception Bay

In Newfoundland, adapted from Portuguese Baia da Conceição. The name of the Namibian bay may be from the same source, although in German colonial days it was Empfängnisbucht; the Afrikaans name is Conceptionbaai.

Words formed from Conception Bay

Questions about Conception Bay

What does Conception Bay mean?
Conception Bay means a bay on the south-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
What part of speech is Conception Bay?
Conception Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Conception Bay in the dictionary

  1. concepti
  2. conceptibility
  3. conceptible
  4. concepting
  5. conception
  6. Conception Bay
  7. Conception Bay South
  8. Conception Harbour
  9. conceptional
  10. conceptionalise
  11. conceptionalised

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