Bishop's Falls

English

Etymology

From a waterfall named for bishop John Inglis (1777 - 1850) after he visited it in the 1820s. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪʃ.əps ˈfɑlz/
  • Hyphenation: Bish‧op's Falls
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlz

Proper noun

Bishop's Falls

  1. A town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

References
  1. The Canadian Encyclopedia
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