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lardeau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lardeau
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Etymology

Apparently the spelling Lardo was first chosen, the name of a brand of cooking fat (from lard + o), which quickly became Lardeau as an alternative. The Lardeau spelling was later adopted officially.

Questions

What does lardeau mean?
A community and former mining town on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.
Where does lardeau come from?
Apparently the spelling Lardo was first chosen, the name of a brand of cooking fat (from lard + o), which quickly became Lardeau as an alternative. The Lardeau spelling was later adopted officially.

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