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Lardeau

Lardeau proper noun: a community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Proper noun

Lardeau

  1. A community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Origin of Lardeau

Apparently the spelling Lardo was first chosen, the name of a brand of cooking fat (from lard + o), which quickly became Lardeau as an alternative. The Lardeau spelling was later adopted officially.

Questions about Lardeau

What does Lardeau mean?
Lardeau means a community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.
What part of speech is Lardeau?
Lardeau is a proper noun.

Words near Lardeau in the dictionary

  1. lardbrains
  2. lardbucket
  3. lardbuckets
  4. lardbutt
  5. lardbutts
  6. Lardeau
  7. larded
  8. larded down
  9. larded up
  10. larder
  11. larder beetle

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