Cape Breton

[ brit-n, bret-n ]

noun

1. an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3,970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).

Example Sentences

They therefore began to make fishing trips across the Atlantic, and before long gave their name to Cape Breton.

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He labored as a missionary in the Highlands until 1824, when he emigrated to Cape Breton.

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Cape Breton was besieged this Summer, in a creditable manner; and taken.

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The speedy result was also the entire possession of the island of Cape Breton.

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Cape Breton, from the above date, after having been separated from Nova Scotia until 1820, was rannexed to the latter.

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