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Nuns' Island

Nuns' Island proper noun: an island of Hochelaga Archipelago, Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the suburb Nuns' Island, located offshore to the south from Verdun borough, Montreal Island.

Proper noun

Nuns' Island

  1. An island of Hochelaga Archipelago, Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the suburb Nuns' Island, located offshore to the south from Verdun borough, Montreal Island.
  2. A suburb, a neighbourhood of Verdun borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the island Nuns' Island.

Synonyms of Nuns' Island

  • Saint Paul Island

Forms of Nuns' Island

alternative formNuns Island
alternative formNun's Island
alternative formNuns's Island

Origin of Nuns' Island

nun+island. From being an island formerly owned by a women's religious order. From being owned by the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (Congrégation de Notre-Dame), a non-cloistered women's congregation

Questions about Nuns' Island

What does Nuns' Island mean?
Nuns' Island means an island of Hochelaga Archipelago, Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the suburb Nuns' Island, located offshore to the south from Verdun borough, Montreal Island.
What part of speech is Nuns' Island?
Nuns' Island is a proper noun.

Words near Nuns' Island in the dictionary

  1. nunnywatch
  2. nunries
  3. nunry
  4. nuns
  5. Nuns of the Visitation
  6. Nuns' Island
  7. nunship
  8. Nunspeet
  9. nunsploitation
  10. nuntee
  11. Nunthorpe

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