CONTENTS

TOPONYMY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 1 Categories of Names

Commemorative Names, 1

Possessive Names, 8

Descriptive Names, 8

Shift Names, 10

Incident Names, 10

Manufactured Names, 10

Mistake Names, 10

Folk Etmyological Names, 11

Euphemistic Names, 11 OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 11 ABBREVIATIONS, 14

ORIGIN AND USE OF NAMES, 15

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