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- proper noun
Cape Breton Island - proper noun obsolete the former Colony of Cape Breton
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Examples
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All that day and the next they were assembling outside and making for the island of Scatari, just beyond the point of Cape Breton, which is only ten miles north of Louisbourg.
The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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It was Cabot's report of the cod banks that brought the Breton fishermen out, whose name Cape Breton bears.
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The fort had been built, after the close of the former war, by those who had preferred not to live under the government of the House of Hanover, on the eastern extremity of the island called Cape Breton, itself lying northeast of the Nova Scotian promontory.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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It is obvious that the discoveries of Verrazzano are thus intended to embrace the coast from latitude 38 Degrees N. to Cape Breton, that is, between the points designated by the armorial designations of Spain and Brittany, and not beyond either, as that would make the map contradict itself.
The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Henry Cruse Murphy 1846
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That it is utterly unfounded, so far as regards that portion of the coast lying east and north of Cape Breton, that is, from 46 Degrees
The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Henry Cruse Murphy 1846
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Gregg Cunningham, Atlantic specialist for forest pest emergencies with the CFIA, said the emergence of the beetle in Cape Breton, which is in Victoria county, was a surprise.
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The people who stayed behind were still Canadian citizens, but because of the massive area that Canada had to try to re-build, small rural areas such as Cape Breton didn't receive much Government aid.
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But he said there are no signs of tree damage in areas remote from the main population, such as Cape Breton, because damage becomes visible only when trees are overrun.
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I found the music to be a sweet hybrid because Pearlman, who has been performing Scottish and Cape Breton music with his family since he was a kid, obviously truly loves the trad stuff.
Michal Shapiro: Neil Pearlman Finds the Clavé in a Scottish Jig (Video) Michal Shapiro 2011
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I found the music to be a sweet hybrid because Pearlman, who has been performing Scottish and Cape Breton music with his family since he was a kid, obviously truly loves the trad stuff.
Michal Shapiro: Neil Pearlman Finds the Clavé in a Scottish Jig (Video) Michal Shapiro 2011
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