Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay proper noun: a gulf officially in Nunavut, but also surrounded by Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada.

Proper noun
Hudson Bay
- A gulf officially in Nunavut, but also surrounded by Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada.
- Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s...2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe)
- A town in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, previously named Hudson Bay Junction, a railway junction for a line to Hudson Bay.
- A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394, which surrounds the Saskatchewan town.
Hudson Bay meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
Hudson Bay in Hindi
- Canadian sea
- हडसन खाड़ी haḍsan khāṛī
Hudson Bay in Tamil
- Canadian sea
- அட்சன் விரிகுடா aṭcaṉ virikuṭā
Hudson Bay in Bengali
- Canadian sea
- হাডসন উপসাগর haḍośon upośagor
Hudson Bay in Malayalam
- Canadian sea
- ഹഡ്സൺ ഉൾക്കടൽ haḍsaṇ uḷkkaṭal
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- Hudson Bay in Punjabi
- ਹਡਸਨ ਬੇਅ haḍsan bea
- Hudson Bay in Arabic
- خَلِيج هَدْسُون ḵalīj hadsūn
- Hudson Bay in Malay
- Teluk Hudson
- Hudson Bay in Indonesian
- Teluk Hudson
- Hudson Bay in Persian
- خلیج هادسون xalij hâdsun
- Hudson Bay in Thai
- อ่าวฮัดสัน àao-hát-sǎn
- Hudson Bay in Vietnamese
- vịnh Hudson
- Hudson Bay in Myanmar
- ဟဒ်ဆန် ပင်လယ်အော် hadhcan panglaiau
Forms of Hudson Bay
| alternative form | Hudson's Bay |
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Origin of Hudson Bay
From Henry Hudson, an English sea explorer.
Words formed from Hudson Bay
- Hudson Bay pine
- Hudson Bay sable
Questions about Hudson Bay
- What does Hudson Bay mean?
- Hudson Bay means a gulf officially in Nunavut, but also surrounded by Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada.
- What is Hudson Bay in Hindi?
- Hudson Bay in Hindi is हडसन खाड़ी (haḍsan khāṛī). See Hudson Bay meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Hudson Bay?
- Hudson Bay is a proper noun.
Words near Hudson Bay in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hudson Bay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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