Channel
A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Proper noun Europe, abbreviation
- Ellipsis of English Channel: a strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
Origin
From being a channel.
Forms
Derived
Proper noun Entry 2
- A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Origin
Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.