Oromocto

Meaning

Proper Noun

• river New Brunswick (province) Canada (country).
• town Sunbury County (county) New Brunswick (province) Canada (country), located at the mouth of the river of the same name.
• lake New Brunswick (province) Canada (country), from which the North Oromocto River (a tributary of the Oromocto River) flows.

Origin

• The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk ("deep water").