Noranda

French

Etymology

The neighbourhood is named after a former mine, the name of which derives from a contracted compound of nord (“north”) +‎ Canada. The middle c of the compound was dropped as the result of a transcription error.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ.ʁɑ̃.da/
  • Hyphenation: No‧ran‧da
  • Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Noranda m

  1. a neighbourhood and former city in Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Derived terms

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