Asbestos
See also: asbestos
English
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Etymology
editFrom asbestos, from Old French abestos.
- (Asbestos, Quebec): Named by the Royal Mail for the asbestos mines the mining settlement was setup for, when Canada was still a colony of Britain. The county was named for the town.
- (Asbestos, Russia): English for the Russian term for asbestos, асбест (asbest)
Proper noun
editAsbestos
- Former name of Val des Sources.; A town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
- Former name of Les Sources.; A regional county municipality of Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
- Alternative spelling of Asbest; A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia
Alternative forms
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Translations
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English asbestos, from Old French abestos.
Proper noun
editAsbestos ?
- Former name of Val-des-Sources; Asbestos (a town in Les Sources, Estrie, Quebec, Canada)
- Former name of Les Sources; Asbestos (a regional county municipality of Cantons-de-l'Est, Quebec, Canada)
Alternative forms
edit(county):
- municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos
- Municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos
- Municipalité Régionale de Comté Asbestos
- municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos
- Municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos
- Municipalité Régionale de Comté d’Asbestos
- MRC d’Asbestos
- MRC Asbestos
- comté d’Asbestos
- comté Asbestos
- Comté d’Asbestos
- Comté Asbestos
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Quebec
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Quebec
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Regional county municipalities of Quebec
- en:Towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast
- en:Towns in Russia
- en:Places in Sverdlovsk Oblast
- en:Places in Russia
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French terms derived from Old French
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Towns in Quebec
- fr:Towns in Canada
- fr:Places in Quebec
- fr:Places in Canada
- fr:Regional county municipalities of Quebec