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Prince Edward Island

island province of SE Canada, in the S Gulf of St. Lawrence: 2,185 sq mi (5,659 sq km); pop. 135,000; cap. Charlottetown: abbrev. PE or PEI

Etymology: after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820), father of Queen Victoria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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