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churchill river

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
churchill riv-er
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, containing Churchill Falls.

Etymology

Churchill+river. Coined by Joey Smallwood in 1965. From being a river named in honour of Sir Winston Churchill, by Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood, renamed along with the waterfall situated along it, just prior to the commencement of the hydroelectric project at the falls; renaming it from Hamilton River, itself renamed from Grand River, derived from the Innu name of the river, Mishtashipu.

Inflected Forms

the Churchill River (canonical)

Synonyms

Grand River Hamilton River Mishtashipu Mishta-shipu Patshishetshunau-shipu

Questions

What does churchill river mean?
A river in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, containing Churchill Falls.
Where does churchill river come from?
Churchill+river. Coined by Joey Smallwood in 1965. From being a river named in honour of Sir Winston Churchill, by Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood, renamed along with the waterfall situated along it, just prior to the commencement of the hydroelectric project at the falls; renaming it from Hamilton River, itself renamed from Grand River, derived from the Innu name of the river, Mishtashipu.

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