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Brockville
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English
Etymology
From the surname en Brock -ville.
In Ontario, named after Isaac Brock, major general and temporary administrator of the province of Upper Canada. Formerly named Elizabethtown, then a village.
In Dunedin, named after settler Frederick Brock-Hollinshead.
Proper noun
en city in eastern p/Ontario c/Canada.
en outer suburb city/Dunedin r/Otago c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
References
Further reading
Brockville (disambiguation)
en eponyms