Etymology

Bauline

Bau·line
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Today it means: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Full definition →

French baleine
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The story

  1. French · derived frombaleine“whale”
  2. English todayBauline

Derived from French baleine (“whale”). The name may first have been applied to a rock which looks like a breaching whale.

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