Rigolet

//ˈɹɪɡ.ə.lət// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small stream. Southern-US
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Etymology

Etymology 1

From (American) French rigole (“rivulet”), from Old French regol.

Etymology 2

Derived from French rigolet (“channel”). The settlement was founded by French-Canadian trader Louis Fornel at the mouth of the channel leading to Lake Melville.

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