Cape Breton Island

3.7

An island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada known for scenic landscapes and Celtic culture

proper noun

: Isla del Cabo Bretón

Many tourists visit Cape Breton Island each year to enjoy its stunning coastal views.

Examples

I visited Cape Breton Island last summer.
The Cabot Trail, a famous scenic drive, is located on Cape Breton Island.
Many tourists visit Cape Breton Island each year to enjoy its natural beauty and Celtic culture.
My grandparents emigrated from Scotland and settled on Cape Breton Island in the early 1900s.
Have you ever been to Cape Breton Island?
The Cabot Trail offers breathtaking scenery as it winds around Cape Breton Island.
Known for its vibrant culture, Cape Breton Island hosts numerous festivals celebrating its heritage.

Surface Forms

Cape Breton Island main

Morphology

cape + Breton + island

The overall meaning is directly derivable because the noun 'island' signals a landform surrounded by water and the preceding elements 'Cape' and 'Breton' function as a place-name modifier rather than creating an idiomatic meaning. As a toponym formed from transparent geographic elements, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand this refers to an island called Cape Breton.

Etymology

Cape Breton Island may come from early French sailors who called a nearby headland 'Cap Breton' after the Breton people from Brittany in France, and cape means a point of land by the sea. So the name stuck and now refers to the large island in northeastern Nova Scotia.