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ecocentre en · NOUN

Etymology

From eco- + centre.

Meanings

1. An institution set up to promote environmental awareness.
   • Bouctouche is proud of its native son and today honours K.C. Irving in many ways, including a statue-monument, a park, an arboretum, and an ecocentre. 2009, Donald J. Savoie, I'm from Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter, page 50:
   • […] an ecocentre at the Parkdale High School […] 1980, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 355, page 4025:
   • The proposed bird garden will in future may turn into an ecocentre for creating public awareness as well as training area for budding ecologists, […] 1998, Tej Kumar Shreshtha, The Spiny Babbler: An Endemic Bird of Nepal, page 115:

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