The story
- French · derived fromÎle de Sable“Isle of Sand”
- English todaySable Island
From French sable (“sand”) + island. From French Île de Sable (“Isle of Sand”). From being an island made up of a sandbar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sable Island
Today it means: An island of Nova Scotia, Canada. A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction. Full definition →
French Île de Sable