Cape Breton Island

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Cape Bret·on Island

(brĕt′n, brĭt′n)

An island forming the northeast part of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Cape Breton Island

(Placename) an island off SE Canada, in NE Nova Scotia, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso: its easternmost point is Cape Breton. Pop: 132 298 (2006). Area: 10 280 sq km (3970 sq miles)

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Cape Breton Island - an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia - the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

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