Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

louisbourg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: louis-bourg
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Example Sentences

"The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. […] If a ship left the harbor at La Rochelle, dropping below the two islands that protect that harbor, and then stuck to its latitude, it would make landfall at Cape Breton, where the French station of Louisbourg was established so that La Rochelle ships could easily find it."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Louisbourg, named after Louis XIV of France.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Louisbourg

Frequently Paired Words

Louisburg

Questions

What does louisbourg mean?: An unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Where does louisbourg come from?: It is traced to French.

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