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Record 1 2016-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Water area in a well-marked indentation of a lake or a river.

CONT

Millers Angle, Newfoundland and Labrador.

OBS

angle: generic used in Newfoundland and Labrador.

OBS

angle: term and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) within the scope of its glossary (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Il n'y a pas de générique attesté au Canada pour décrire cette partie d'un lac ou d'une rivière qui occupe une échancrure du littoral. Les équivalents se rapprochant le plus du générique anglais « angle » sont l'« anse » ou la « baie » (selon la dimension de l'entité géographique).

Key term(s)
  • baie

Spanish

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