Come By Chance

English

Etymology

The town in Newfoundland may have been named for the use of the area around the town as a staging ground for surprise attacks by French soldiers during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌm baɪ ˈt͡ʃæns/
  • Hyphenation: Come by Chance
  • Rhymes: -æns

Proper noun

Come By Chance

  1. A town on the Avalon Peninsula isthmus, in east Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. A locality in Walgett Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.
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