Grand Falls

短语

大瀑布(加拿大拉布拉多半岛西部哈密尔顿河上游的瀑布)[Churchill Falls 的旧名]

发音

/ˈɡɹænd ˈfɔːlz/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A waterfall system in Arizona, United States.

  2. 2.

    A town in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  3. 3.

    Former name of Churchill Falls, former name of McLean Falls: a waterfall in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the former Grand River, now Churchill River.

词源

* (town in New Brunswick): Calque of French Grand-Sault, derived from grand (“big, great”) and sault (“waterfall”). The town is named after a large set of waterfalls in the Saint John River. * (Churchill Falls): grand+falls (“waterfall”). From being a waterfall located on the Grand River. Coined by Hudson's Bay Company explorer John McLean 1820s. From the river's name in Innu, Mishta-shipu. From Montagnais mishta (“grand, great”).

来源：wiktionary