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Conception Bay
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English
Etymology
In Newfoundland, adapted from Portuguese Baia da Conceição. The name of the Namibian bay may be from the same source, although in German colonial days it was Empfängnisbucht; the Afrikaans name is Conceptionbaai.
Proper noun
- A bay on the south-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A bay on the coast of Namibia.
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