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Boileau
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English
Etymology
From en fr Boileau.
Proper noun
~ s
en French Drinkwater.
en village/and/municipality in the Outaouais region of p/Quebec c/Canada.
Former name: en Ponsonby for the municipality until 1993
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布瓦洛 Bùwǎluò
French: fr Boileau
French
fr:
Etymology
From fr bois l' eau drink water; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of fr boire.
The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.
Pronunciation
fr Boi leau
fr o 2
Proper noun
fr Drinkwater nicknames Boileau
fr municipality rcm/Papineau r/Outaouais p/Quebec c/Canada
Derived terms
fr Boilois, fr Boiloise
Descendants
en Boileau
zh 布瓦洛 Bùwǎluò 1
fr eponyms