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Eastern Townships

Eastern Townships proper noun: a historical, customarily recognized, and tourist region in southwestern Quebec, mostly in the Estrie administrative region.

Proper noun

the Eastern Townships pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A historical, customarily recognized, and tourist region in southwestern Quebec, mostly in the Estrie administrative region.
    Synonyms:
    The Townships

Synonyms of Eastern Townships

  • The Townships

Origin of Eastern Townships

Townships as the area was reorganized from the seigneurial system to the English county system with townships following the British conquest; Eastern contrasting with townships in what is now Ontario.

Words formed from Eastern Townships

  • Townshipper

Questions about Eastern Townships

What does Eastern Townships mean?
Eastern Townships means a historical, customarily recognized, and tourist region in southwestern Quebec, mostly in the Estrie administrative region.
What part of speech is Eastern Townships?
Eastern Townships is a proper noun.

Words near Eastern Townships in the dictionary

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  6. Eastern Townships
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  8. Eastern View
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