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Pelly Bay

Pelly Bay proper noun: a bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.

Proper noun

Pelly Bay

  1. A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
  2. Former name of Kugaaruk.
  3. A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station

Origin of Pelly Bay

From Pelly + bay. Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.

Questions about Pelly Bay

What does Pelly Bay mean?
Pelly Bay means a bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
What part of speech is Pelly Bay?
Pelly Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Pelly Bay in the dictionary

  1. pellucidness
  2. pellucids
  3. Pelluebla
  4. Pelluhue
  5. Pelly
  6. Pelly Bay
  7. pellyite
  8. pelma
  9. pelmanism
  10. pelmata
  11. pelmatogram

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