Canso
Americannoun
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Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
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Also called Gut of Canso. Strait of, a channel in SE Canada that separates mainland Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island, flowing NW from the Atlantic Ocean to Northumberland Strait. About 17 miles (27 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide.
noun
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a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia
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a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island
Example Sentences
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In its filing on Thursday, BlackBerry said Canso Investment Counsel Ltd is investing $300 million in the offering, while Mackenzie Financial, Markel Corp, Qatar Holding, and Brookfield Asset Management are buying the remainder.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2013
The national agencies slammed EU efficiency proposals as "unrealistic" in a statement issued by Canso, their trade group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2011
Canso's board then appointed two of its directors to make an "independent" study of what Canso owed Catawba in royalties on the oil It would have produced if It had not sold its rights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Canso, claimed the SEC, failed to inform its own shareholders that one of the "independent" directors was William Buckley's brother-in-law and the other an administrator of Buckley trusts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Go, then, to Canso; and if you arrive immediately, you sall see Indians, and must tell.
From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James
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