Prince Edward Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, forming a province of Canada: 2,184 sq. mi. (5,655 sq. km). Charlottetown.

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Prince Edward Island British  

noun

1. Abbrevs: PE.   PEI.  an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence that constitutes the smallest Canadian province. Capital: Charlottetown. Pop: 137 864 (2004 est). Area: 5656 sq km (2184 sq miles)

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Prince Edward Island Cultural  

1. Province in eastern Canada in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, separated by the Northumberland Strait from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with which it makes up the Maritime Provinces; Canada's smallest province. Charlottetown is its capital and largest city.

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Example Sentences

Liberal leader Mark Carney held events in Prince Edward Island and Quebec, while Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had a rally in Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto, on Tuesday evening.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

This season will be filmed across Canada, with competitions held in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Prince Edward Island.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

As a result, there were hundreds of shipwrecks around the island, said Edward MacDonald, a history professor at the University of Prince Edward Island.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

He was right: A herd of pregnant females had located a loose patchwork of ice near Prince Edward Island, hauled out, and given birth.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Later recoveries of banded birds showed that these Florida-born eagles range northward along the coast into Canada as far as Prince Edward Island, although they had previously been considered nonmigratory.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson