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L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
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French
Etymology
The name of the island and the municipality is derived from fr île island and the plural form of fr allumette match. The element fr allumettes initially referred to a set of rapids in the en Ottawa Ottawa River to the south of the island.
Pronunciation
[Is:Î,x-:x‿]
fr L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
fr ɛt 5
Proper noun
f L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
fr island/and/municipality rcm/Pontiac r/Outaouais p/Quebec c/Canada