Asbestos

Meaning

Proper Noun

• ; town Asbestos (county) region, Estrie Quebec (province) Canada (country)
• ; regional county municipality region, Eastern Townships Quebec (province) Canada (country)
• Alternate spelling of Asbest; town oblast, Sverdlovsk federal district, Ural Russia (country)

Origin

• From asbestos, from Old French abestos.
• Named by the Royal Mail for the asbestos mines the mining settlement was setup for, when Canada was still a colony of Britain. The county was named for the town.
• English for the Russian term for asbestos, асбест