The story
The name of the settlement is derived from a corruption of the word flour (“scum caused by the action of breakers on a shoreline”). The element flour was gradually reinterpreted to flower.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Full definition →
The name of the settlement is derived from a corruption of the word flour (“scum caused by the action of breakers on a shoreline”). The element flour was gradually reinterpreted to flower.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.