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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BAFFIN BAY

Named after William Baffin, 17th-century English navigator.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BAFFIN BAY

Baffin Bay  [ˈbæfɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAFFIN BAY

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Baffin Bay is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BAFFIN BAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay, located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The bay area was inhabited from around 500 BC by the Dorset and then Thule and Inuit people. It was reached by Europeans in 1585 and described in detail in 1616 by William Baffin, after whom the bay and the island are named. The bay is not navigable most of the year because of the ice cover and high density of floating ice and icebergs in the open areas. However, a polynya of about 80,000 km2, known as the North Water, opens in summer on the north near Smith Sound. Most of the aquatic life of the bay is concentrated near that region.

Definition of Baffin Bay in the English dictionary

The definition of Baffin Bay in the dictionary is part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BAFFIN BAY


Baffin
ˈbæfɪn
bluefin
ˈbluːˌfɪn
bowfin
ˈbəʊˌfɪn
coffin
ˈkɒfɪn
dauphin
ˈdɔːfɪn
delphin
ˈdɛlfɪn
dolphin
ˈdɒlfɪn
elfin
ˈɛlfɪn
fin
fɪn
Finn
ˈfɪn
gonadotrophin
ˌɡɒnədəʊˈtrəʊfɪn
griffin
ˈɡrɪfɪn
MacGuffin
məˈɡʌfɪn
McGuffin
məˈɡʌfɪn
muffin
ˈmʌfɪn
paraffin
ˈpærəfɪn
puffin
ˈpʌfɪn
redfin
ˈrɛdˌfɪn
serafin
ˈserəfɪn
tiffin
ˈtɪfɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAFFIN BAY

Badoglio
Baeck
Baeda
Baedeker
Baedeker raid
bael
baetyl
Baeyer
Baez
BAF
Bafana Bafana
baff
baffies
Baffin
Baffin Island

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAFFIN BAY

Cardigan Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Cleveland Bay
Colwyn Bay
Delaware Bay
Discovery Bay
Georgian Bay
Hudson Bay
Mobile Bay
Montego Bay
Narragansett Bay
New York Bay
Port Phillip Bay
San Francisco Bay
Swansea Bay
Table Bay
Thunder Bay
Tokyo Bay
Walvis Bay
Whitley Bay

Synonyms and antonyms of Baffin Bay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Baffin Bay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAFFIN BAY

Find out the translation of Baffin Bay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Baffin Bay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Baffin Bay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴芬湾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Baffin Bay
570 millions of speakers

English

Baffin Bay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाफिन बे
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خليج بافين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Баффинова залива
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Baffin Bay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাফিন বে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la baie de Baffin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baffin Bay
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Baffin Bay
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バフィン湾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배핀 만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teluk Baffin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Vịnh Baffin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாபின் பே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाफिन बे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baffin Körfezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

baia di Baffin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zatoki Baffina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Баффінова затоки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Baffin Bay
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Baffin Bay
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Baffin Bay
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Baffin Bay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Baffin Bay
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Baffin Bay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAFFIN BAY»

The term «Baffin Bay» is regularly used and occupies the 93.779 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAFFIN BAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Baffin Bay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAFFIN BAY»

Discover the use of Baffin Bay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Baffin Bay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia, ...
My cruise in a Dundee whaler to Baffin's Bay will be one not quickly or easily forgotten by me, and I shall always look forward with pleasure to the chance (I am afraid a very poor one) of meeting my old shipmates again ; nor will the survivors  ...
Albert Hastings Markham, 2014
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Depositional History of Upper Baffin Bay, Texas
Baffin Bay, Texas is a flooded late Pleistocene/Holocene incised valley created by Petronila, San Fernando, and Los Olmos Creeks during a sea-level fall between 120-20 ka.
Niranjan Aryal, 2007
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The ice environment of eastern Lancaster Sound and northern ...
This report integrates recent data on sea ice and icebergs in Lancaster Sound and western Baffin Bay, with data collected in the 1978-1979 Petro-Canada-EAMES studies (Eastern Arctic Marine Environmental Studies), as a basis for assessing ...
J. R. Marko, Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Northern Affairs Program (Canada), 1982
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Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre: A Guide for Anglers and ...
Novices and longtime "lagunatics" alike are well familiar with the "worm rocks" in Baffin Bay. They can make one's day by producing fish and then quickly spoil the day by bending a prop shaft or even cracking a hull or transom. What anglers ...
David A. McKee, 2008
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Texas Gulf Coast
Compuerta Pass leads to the famous Baffin Bay. This is the area along the western shoreline right where Baffin Bay joins the shallower Intracoastal Waterway area. The big island just east of Compuerta Pass is Palms West Two. There are ...
Colby Sorrells, 2009
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The Marion Expedition to Davis Strait and Baffin Bay: Under ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States. Coast Guard, Olav Mosby, 2011
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Proposed Expedition to Explore Ellesmere Land, Northwest of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert Stein, 2013
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The Bradys at Baffin's Bay; Or, The Trail Which Led to the ...
Captain Manning thought that they ought to call in at St. John's to see if the Leopard had been there, and so learn her exact destination, but Old King Brady objected, feeling that the best plan would be to proceed directly to Baffin's Bay. For this ...
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Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits in ...
Peter Cormack Sutherland. shore to shore when the season has arrived for it to open out again. In this way Barrow Straits did not close up till the 20th of March. Had the winter, however, been a more severe one, it might have closed up at a ...
Peter Cormack Sutherland, 2014
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The climate of northwestern Baffin Bay
Presents an assessment of the climate of the northwestern Baffin Bay area for the July-to-November portion of the year.
J. B. Maxwell, Canadian Climate Centre, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAFFIN BAY»

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Polarcus expands footprint in Houston
... 3D seismic vessels offshore various locations across the North & South America region including Baffin Bay, the Caribbean and Uruguay. «WorldOil, Jul 15»
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Texas Fishing Report
BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair in the grass on topwaters and live bait. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish are good ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
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Jerry Natanine seeks Nunavut NDP nomination in federal election
Natanine has been the public face of a recent fight to stop proposed seismic testing in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. That work was recently ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Outdoors report: July 3
Baffin Bay - Guide Chad Peterek reported limits of trout on Gambler Flappin' Shad around rocks and sand and grass. Piggy perch and croakers ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Crossroads weekly fishing report
BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair in the grass on topwaters and live bait. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish are good ... «Victoria Advocate, Jun 15»
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New 'Arctic-Proof' Drone to Track the Effects of Climate Change
It has already been tested in the waters of Baffin Bay, located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland. According to the ... «Product Design & Development, Jun 15»
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Kids catch break with Guides Association
Any complaints are referred to the five-member Board of Directors who represent guides who fish from Port O'Conner to Baffin Bay. Members ... «Aransas Pass Progress, Jun 15»
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The Lincoln Home presents talk on Titanic
When the sea ice melted in the short summer months, many multi-ton icebergs drifted southward from Baffin Bay into Davis Strait, then the ... «Boothbay Register, Jun 15»
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Emma Thompson pledges support for Clyde River's seismic testing …
... Thompson says she supports the community's legal challenge of a National Energy Board decision allowing seismic testing in Baffin Bay and ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
10
South Texas Fishing Report
BAFFIN BAY — Trout are good on topwaters, Gulps and live bait around rocks and grass. Trout are fair to good while wading spoil banks on ... «Nueces County Record Star, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Baffin Bay [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/baffin-bay>. May 2024 ».
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