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Fredericton

Fredericton

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The capital city of New Brunswick in Canada on the Saint John River
  • proper noun
: Fredericton
  • As the capital city of New Brunswick, Fredericton hosts the provincial legislature.
  • Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Fredericton, Canada

Examples

  • Many visitors come to Fredericton to explore its rich history and culture.

  • 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.