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Postville

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English

Etymology

From post +‎ -ville. The toponym refers to the settlement's origins as a Hudson Bay Company trading post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʊst.vɪl/
  • Hyphenation: Post‧ville
  • Rhymes: -əʊstvɪl

Proper noun

Postville

  1. A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1940]
    Synonym: The Post (historical)

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