Flower's Cove

English

Etymology

The name of the settlement is derived from a corruption of the word flour (“scum caused by the action of breakers on a shoreline”). The element flour was gradually reinterpreted to flower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊ.ɚs ˈkoʊv/
• Hyphenation: Flow‧er's Cove
• Rhymes: -əʊv

Proper noun

Flower's Cove

1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.