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Likely from cottle ("notched metal bar hung in a fireplace) + -ville. Compare Cottrell's Cove and Cottles Island.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Full definition →
Likely from cottle ("notched metal bar hung in a fireplace) + -ville. Compare Cottrell's Cove and Cottles Island.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.