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Simpson Peninsula

Simpson Peninsula proper noun: a peninsula between the Boothia Peninsula to the west and Melville Peninsula to the east, surrounded by Pelly Bay on its west coast, Committee Bay on its east coast, and Gulf of Boothia to the north. (A peninsula located on the mainland portion of Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic.).

Proper noun

Simpson Peninsula

  1. A peninsula between the Boothia Peninsula to the west and Melville Peninsula to the east, surrounded by Pelly Bay on its west coast, Committee Bay on its east coast, and Gulf of Boothia to the north. (A peninsula located on the mainland portion of Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic.)

Origin of Simpson Peninsula

Named after Sir George Simpson, a colonial governor (viceroy) of Rupert's Land, for the British colony corporation of the Hudson's Bay Company, by explorer John Rae.

Questions about Simpson Peninsula

What does Simpson Peninsula mean?
Simpson Peninsula means a peninsula between the Boothia Peninsula to the west and Melville Peninsula to the east, surrounded by Pelly Bay on its west coast, Committee Bay on its east coast, and Gulf of Boothia to the north. (A peninsula located on the mainland portion of Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic.).
What part of speech is Simpson Peninsula?
Simpson Peninsula is a proper noun.

Words near Simpson Peninsula in the dictionary

  1. Simpocan
  2. simps
  3. simpson
  4. Simpson and Ashland
  5. Simpson County
  6. Simpson Peninsula
  7. Simpson's paradox
  8. Simpson's rule
  9. Simpson's rules
  10. Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
  11. Simpsonian

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