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Courtenay
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English
thumb|Fifth Street, Courtenay, British Columbia
thumb|The Old West Coast Road, Courtenay, New Zealand
Etymology
From en la Curtenus, from la curtus short, via en nrf -.
Proper noun
en female.
en male.
en.
A place name:
en city rdist/Comox Valley x/Vancouver Island p/British Columbia c/Canada, named after the Courtenay River.
en minor city co/Stutsman County s/North Dakota c/USA.
en ucomm on x/Merritt Island co/Brevard County s/Florida c/USA.
en commune in dept/Isère r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France.
en commune in dept/Loiret r/Centre-Val de Loire c/France.
en small townsite shire:Pref/Augusta-Margaret River s/Western Australia.
en rural locality dist/Selwyn r/Canterbury c/New Zealand, indirectly named after William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon Lord Courtenay. NZ Topo Map
Derived terms
en Nuneham Courtenay Sampford Courtenay Sutton Courtenay Wootton Courtenay
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