Canso

From French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq Kamsok (the place beyond the cliffs), a seasonal Mikmaq fishing camp at what is now Canso, NS, Canada.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.soʊ/
• Hyphenation: Can‧so
• Rhymes: -ænsəʊ

Canso

1. A community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Ellipsis of Cape Canso: a cape in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Ellipsis of Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia.
4. Ellipsis of Canso Rocks: an islets of Antarctica, near the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula; named after the PBY Canso WWII-era amphibious flying boat, itself named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada
5. Ellipsis of Canso Crater (“a crater on Mars, named after the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada”).

• → French: Canso

• (cape): Cape Canso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (strait): Strait of Canso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (town): Canso, Nova Scotia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (islets): Canso Rocks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (crater): Canso Crater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Cason, Coans, Oscan, ascon, scano

Borrowed from English Canso, from French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq Kamsok.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.so/

Canso ?

1. Canso
   1. a town in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
   2. Canso (ellipsis of détroit de Canso (= Strait of Canso): a strait in Nova Scotia, Canada)
   3. Canso (ellipsis of cratère Canso (= Canso Crater): a crater in Mars)

• (town): Canseau

• (town): Canso (Nouvelle-Écosse) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• (strait): détroit de Canso on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• (crater): cratère Canso on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr