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Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound proper noun: a channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.

Proper noun

Lancaster Sound

  1. A channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.

Synonyms of Lancaster Sound

Origin of Lancaster Sound

From Lancaster + sound. Coined in 1616 by Arctic explorer Englishman William Baffin in honour of his patron Sir James Lancaster.

Questions about Lancaster Sound

What does Lancaster Sound mean?
Lancaster Sound means a channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.
What part of speech is Lancaster Sound?
Lancaster Sound is a proper noun.

Words near Lancaster Sound in the dictionary

  1. Lancashire peelers
  2. Lancashire wrestling
  3. Lancashires
  4. Lancaster
  5. Lancaster County
  6. Lancaster Sound
  7. Lancasterian
  8. Lancasterism
  9. Lancastrian
  10. Lancastrians
  11. lance

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