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Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

3.3
A small Canadian island province in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
  • proper noun
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  • Little was left of the Connecticut industry, and the industry in Prince Edward Island had declined for nearly 20 years, leaving its 200 fishermen with critically low incomes.
  • oysters from Prince Edward Island

Examples

  • A popular attraction on Prince Edward Island is the Green Gables house, inspired by the famous novel.

  • Second, an independent Quebec would geographically sever four provinces -- Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island -- from the rest of Canada.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Only Prince Edward Island has no provincial policy of support in this area.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Oyster growth in Prince Edward Island is not typical.

    Academic text (1996)
  • MAP: Figure 39. Bedeque Bay and Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The Prince Edward Island industry had never been enhanced by shelling beds or transplanting seed before 1972.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Bedeque Bay, on the south side of Prince Edward Island, faces westward with the town of Summerside, population about 13,600, on its northwest side.

    Academic text (1996)
  • For example, on the issue of whether provincial documents on the arts include evaluation guidelines, respondents from British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island reported the least provincial directive.

    Academic text (1996)
  • But they were considerably higher in New Jersey, $0.66–0.87/bushel, and higher still in Connecticut, $0.63–1.22/bushel, and in Prince Edward Island, they ranged from $1.20 to $2.52/bushel.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Bedeque Bay (Fig. 39) consistently produces about half the total oysters in Prince Edward Island (Fig. 40), which leads the three Canadian maritime provinces in oyster production.

    Academic text (1996)

Surface Forms

Morphology

prince + Edward + island

The phrase literally combines 'prince' + the proper name 'Edward' + 'island', so a learner who knows those words will readily infer it denotes an island named after Prince Edward. While they might not deduce its political status as a Canadian province or specific location, the core referential meaning is fully compositional and transparent.

Etymology

Prince Edward Island was 'named after' a British royal, Prince Edward, who was the king's son and a military leader in the area in the late 1700s. That's why the island's name still includes 'Prince' today.