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Oromocto

Oromocto proper noun: a river in New Brunswick, Canada.

Proper noun

Oromocto

  1. A river in New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. A town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada, located at the mouth of the river of the same name.
  3. A lake in New Brunswick, Canada, from which the North Oromocto River (a tributary of the Oromocto River) flows.

Origin of Oromocto

The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).

Questions about Oromocto

What does Oromocto mean?
Oromocto means a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
What part of speech is Oromocto?
Oromocto is a proper noun.

Words near Oromocto in the dictionary

  1. orometry
  2. Oromia
  3. Oromian
  4. Oromians
  5. Oromo
  6. Oromocto
  7. Oromos
  8. oromotor
  9. oromucosal
  10. oromucosally
  11. Oron

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