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Sable Island

Sable Island proper noun: an island of Nova Scotia, Canada. A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction. Also the ellipsis of Sable Island horse.

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Proper noun

Sable Island

  1. An island of Nova Scotia, Canada. A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction.

Also used as

Sable Island is also the ellipsis of Sable Island horse.

Origin of Sable Island

From French sable (“sand”) + island. From French Île de Sable (“Isle of Sand”). From being an island made up of a sandbar.

Questions about Sable Island

What does Sable Island mean?
Sable Island means an island of Nova Scotia, Canada. A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction.
What part of speech is Sable Island?
Sable Island is a proper noun.

Words near Sable Island in the dictionary

  1. Sablans
  2. sable
  3. sable antelope
  4. sable antelopes
  5. sable iron
  6. Sable Island
  7. sable mice
  8. sable mouse
  9. sabled
  10. sablefish
  11. sablefishes

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