Braye Harbour
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Braye Harbour is the main harbour of Alderney in the Channel Islands, a British dependency, not in the UK. It has one of the longest harbour walls in Europe.
The harbour faces out onto the Swinge, which is part of the English Channel.
It is here that most of the island's freight comes in, and also the ferry. It is more or less a suburb of St Anne.
Braye is a word that Auregnais had in common with other Norman dialects and is found in several other locations around the coasts of the Channel Islands. It means a "passage between rocks".
[edit] References
- Alderney Place Names, Royston Raymond, Alderney 1999, ISBN 0-9537127-0-2
- Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français, Frank Le Maistre, Jersey 1966
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