Port au Choix
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French Port au Choix, a corruption of Basque portu (“port, harbour”) suffixed with the diminutive suffix -txoa. The Basque toponym was reinterpreted to French port (“port”) and choix (“choice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːɹt.ə.tʃwɑː/
- Hyphenation: Port au Choix
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tətʃwɑː
Proper noun
[edit]- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Basque
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)tətʃwɑː
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)tətʃwɑː/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- en:Places in Canada