Fredericton
- proper noun
- As the capital city of New Brunswick, Fredericton hosts the provincial legislature.
- Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Fredericton, Canada
Examples
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Many visitors come to Fredericton to explore its rich history and culture.
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Nevin took the bus to Fredericton.
Fiction book (1993) -
"In the Same Boat" won for best documentary at the 2011 Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Blog text (31) -
"I want you to take the boy and go over to Fredericton to live with your sister." "I can't do that, Jerry; they want nothing to do with us. They disowned me?"
Fiction book (1993) -
Jon Dewar is a grad student at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, and is working towards a degree in education.
Blog text (26) -
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Academic text (1997) -
The seven-city tour began in Vancouver and continued through Edmonton, Saskatoon, Fredericton, Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto.
Academic text (2004) -
Margaret Conrad (ed.), Making Adjustments (Fredericton: Acadiensis, 1991) looks not at the crisis of the Revolution and the Loyalist migration but at the broader development of Nova Scotia within which this occurred.
Academic text (1998) -
Fredericton is known for its beautiful parks along the Saint John River.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Fredericton = Frederic (semi-transparent) = Frederic + ton
The name is clearly built from the personal name 'Frederic' plus the place-name element '-ton' meaning 'town', but the suffix '-ton' is not productive or familiar to many learners.
Etymology
Fredericton comes from Prince Frederick and the old English ending -ton, which means 'town', so the name literally means 'Frederick's town' and explains why the city is called that.