"Georges Bank" meaning in English

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Proper name

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. Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Georges Bank}} Georges Bank
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Saint George Synonyms: St. Georges Bank (english: former name)
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