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georges bank

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
georges bank
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada), separating the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name S. Georges Banck, a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, Saint George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world.

Synonyms

St. Georges Bank

Questions

What does georges bank mean?
A large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada), separating the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.
Where does georges bank come from?
The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name S. Georges Banck, a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, Saint George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world.

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