Georges Bank

proper noun

A large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada), separating the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.

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St. Georges Bank
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada), separating the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.

    Synonyms: St. Georges Bank

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada), separating the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.

Similar
St. Georges Bank

Origin

The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name S. Georges Banck, a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, Saint George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world.

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APA

Georges Bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georges%20Bank

MLA

“Georges Bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georges%20Bank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Georges Bank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georges%20Bank.

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