Brockville

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proper noun

A city in eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in eastern Ontario, Canada.
  2. An outer suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Origin

From the surname Brock + -ville. *In Ontario, named after Isaac Brock, major general and temporary administrator of the province of Upper Canada. Formerly named Elizabethtown, then a village. *In Dunedin, named after settler Frederick Brock-Hollinshead.

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APA

Brockville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brockville

MLA

“Brockville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brockville. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brockville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brockville.

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