"Cape Breton" meaning in English

See Cape Breton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Cape Breton}} Cape Breton
  1. A cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Nova Scotia, Canada
    Sense id: en-Cape_Breton-en-name-MwIcxEEM Categories (other): Headlands, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Islands Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 13 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 40 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 33 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 35 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 32 37 15 16 Disambiguation of Islands: 33 38 13 15
  2. Ellipsis of Cape Breton Island. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Cape Breton Island
    Sense id: en-Cape_Breton-en-name-lF1n6nsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Islands Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 13 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 40 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 33 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 35 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 32 37 15 16 Disambiguation of Islands: 33 38 13 15
  3. A regional municipality of Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia, Canada; in full, Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Nova Scotia, Canada, Regional municipalities of Nova Scotia, Canada
    Sense id: en-Cape_Breton-en-name--CJnP7tJ Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Islands Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 13 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 40 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 33 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 35 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 32 37 15 16 Disambiguation of Islands: 33 38 13 15
  4. (historical) A former colony of Cape Breton, British North America. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Cape_Breton-en-name-ybCdePLn Categories (other): Former dependent territories, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Islands Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 13 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 40 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 33 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 35 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 32 37 15 16 Disambiguation of Islands: 33 38 13 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: CB, C.B., C. B. [abbreviation], Cape Breton Colony, Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Colony of Cape Breton, Island of Cape Breton, Regional Municipality of Cape Breton Translations (cape in Nova Scotia): Cap-Breton [masculine] (French), Ceap Breatainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
Disambiguation of 'cape in Nova Scotia': 41 16 38 5

Alternative forms

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