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Wreckhouse

Wreckhouse proper noun: a region of southwestern Newfoundland, Canada, known for extremely high winds.

Proper noun

Wreckhouse

  1. A region of southwestern Newfoundland, Canada, known for extremely high winds.
    • […]to Wreckhouse, the place where he was born. It was all woods up there at one time until they cut it all out. It was a really pretty place, beautiful in the summer but no good in winter. It was lonely up there at first and I done[…]1992, Marian Frances White, The Finest Kind: Voices of Newfoundland and Labrador Women, St. John's, Nfld. : Creative, →ISBN
    • The Wreckhouse region lies northwest of Channel-Port aux Basques between Cape Ray and St. Andrew's. It's hard to say how you should experience Wreckhouse. You can drive through this stretch of the TCH on the south west tip of[…]2010 October 15, Janice Wells, Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts: The 101 Places Every Newfoundlander and Labradorian Must See, Nimbus+ORM, →ISBN, page 82

Origin of Wreckhouse

wreck + house, in reference to the region's hurricane-strength winds.

Questions about Wreckhouse

What does Wreckhouse mean?
Wreckhouse means a region of southwestern Newfoundland, Canada, known for extremely high winds.
What part of speech is Wreckhouse?
Wreckhouse is a proper noun.

Words near Wreckhouse in the dictionary

  1. wreckest
  2. wrecketh
  3. wreckfish
  4. wreckfishes
  5. wreckful
  6. Wreckhouse
  7. wrecking
  8. wrecking amendment
  9. wrecking amendments
  10. wrecking ball
  11. wrecking balls

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