Fleur de Lys

/ˌflɜːr.dəˈliː/

proper noun

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Meanings

Origin

  1. Frenchfleur de lis“lily flower”
  2. EnglishFleur de Lys

Derived from French fleur de lis (“lily flower”). The town is named after a nearby rock formation shaped like a fleur de lis.

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