Asbestos

From 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)

Asbestos

1. Former name of Val des Sources: a town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
2. Former name of Les Sources: a regional county municipality of Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada.
3. Alternative spelling of Asbest; A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia.

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Borrowed from English asbestos, from Old French abestos.

Asbestos ?

1. Asbestos (former name of Val-des-Sources: a town in Les Sources, Estrie, Quebec, Canada)
2. Asbestos (former name of Les Sources: a regional county municipality of Cantons-de-l'Est, Quebec, Canada)

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