Etymology

L'Anse-au-Diable

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French L'Anse-au-Diable
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The story

  1. French · derived fromL'Anse-au-Diable
  2. English todayL'Anse-au-Diable

From French L'Anse-au-Diable, derived in turn from anse (“cove, small bay”) and diable (“devil”). The settlement was named after a dangerous headland located nearby.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.