Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the southern coast of the island. It was founded by the French c. 1720.
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- proper noun
Provincial capital ofPrince Edward Island (Canada ).
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- noun the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Canada, a number of people who were worried about absorption into that same country, and the mutual barriers they were erecting to one another's trade that were needlessly crippling one and all, got together in Charlottetown, drank a lot, schmoozed, sang and danced to fiddle music, did a lot of backslapping and gladhanding, and put together a basic agreement.
identity 2005
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That's why we formed the Council of the Federation in Charlottetown last year.
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June 29-July 1, Charlottetown: Charlottetown is very small, with only 65,000 or so residents.
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The Atlantic Technology Centre, located in Charlottetown, opened its doors in 2002 and is providing the growing IT community with leading-edge infrastructure.
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Will the history of the next millennium record that we held fast and true to what they did in Charlottetown in 1864?
Making Canada Better 2001
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A plaque at Province House in Charlottetown, where the Fathers deliberated back in 1864, carries this inscription: "" They Builded Better Than They Knew. ""
Making Canada Better 2001
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When we were in Charlottetown, Canadian ministers published the Second Report on the Status of Health of Canadians.
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A couple of weeks ago in Charlottetown I met with the provincial ministers of health.
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Baton Broadcasting for instance can spend more per hour than the CTV station in Charlottetown and less than the CBS station in New York.
The Great Difficulty of Establishing Communication in Canada 1990
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I was asked to do a performance before Her Majesty the Queen in Charlottetown in 1964, at a time when the country was rife with rumours about a possible attempt on her life.
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