Definition of Baffin Island

1. Noun. The 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay.

Group relationships: Canada, Arctic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Island

Definition of Baffin Island

1. Proper noun. An island in Nunavut, Canada, north of the Canadian mainland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baffin Island

Baduanjin
Baeda
Baedeker
Baedeker's
Baedekers
Baehr-Lohlein lesion
Baekje
Baer's law
Baer's vesicle
Baeyer's theory
Bafana Bafana
Bafanji
Baffin
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island (current term)
Bafut
Bagdad
Bagerhat District
Baggenstoss change
Baggie
Baggies
Baghdad
Baghdad by the Bay
Baghdadi
Baghdadian
Baghdadis
Bagirmi
Bagolini
Bagolini test

Literary usage of Baffin Island

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622 by Clements Robert Markham, William Baffin (1881)
"The same land," Captain Parry continues, " which we had now in sight, proved to be one of several islands, and I gave it the name of Baffin Island, ..."

2. Canada 2002 by Wayne C. Thompson (2003)
"The capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit is the main population centre on Baffin Island and the administrative hub for Nunavut. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay after ..."

3. Canada: Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Provinces by Eva Ambros (1998)
"Baffin Island is an extension of the Canadian Shield, which stretches deep into the Canadian mainland. The eastern shoreline, running south to north is ..."

4. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the by William Edward Parry (1824)
"The same land, which we had now in sight, proved to be one of several islands, and I gave it the name of Baffin Island, out of respect to the memory of that ..."

5. "Realms of Gold": A Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American by Murphy D. Smith (1991)
"Papers Boas, known as the "f on Baffin Island where he on the polar research sci ... He sailed erland Sound, Baffin Island. He charted descriptions; he also ..."

6. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"Beginning in the summer of 1883, Boas spent one year in Cumberland Sound and on Davis Strait off Baffin Island. He was interested in questions about the ..."

7. American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II by General Henry H. Arnold, John W. Huston (2001)
"Crystal I was located at Fort Chimo, Labrador; Crystal II was at the head of Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island; Crystal III was at ..."

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