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Village-aux-Oies

/vi.la.ʒo.z‿wa/

proper noun/vi.la.ʒo.z‿wa/

Goose Village (a neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Synonyms: Victoriatown

From village (“neighbourhood”) + oie (“goose”). From the geese that once nested on the riverside next to Victoriatown, where geese hunting once was permitted.