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#4845 04/11/2002 11:12 AM

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Bean

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Bean

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There's a Torbay in Newfoundland, just north of here, apparently named after a Torbay in Britain. I'd always thought it was Norse in origin (I have a Norwegian husband - so why wouldn't I think that the "tor"part was Norwegian) until I looked it up one day, and it had the meaning of craggy hill, so it's "Craggy Hill Bay". Which is right, if you see the place!

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