Asbestos.
Former name of Val des Sources: a town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
Meaning & usage
Former name of Val des Sources: a town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
Former name of Les Sources: a regional county municipality of Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada.
Alternative spelling of Asbest; A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia.
Where this word comes from
From asbestos, from Old French abestos. * (Asbestos, Quebec): Named by the Royal Mail for the asbestos mines the mining settlement was setup for, when Canada was still a colony of Britain. The county was named for the town. * (Asbestos, Russia): English for the Russian term for asbestos, асбест (asbest)
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