Word info

Baffin

Proper noun

Meaning

An English surname.

A region of Nunavut

An island in Nunavut, Baffin Island.

Baffin Bay.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Brazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land. Lawrence Durrell

1616 with Baffin: The following year (1616), the Muscovy Company again hired Bylot to continue to search for the Northwest Passage. Source: Internet

As late as 1812, charts of the area only showed a dotted bulge with the words: Baffin's Bay according to the relation of W. Baffin in 1616, but not now believed. Source: Internet

Baffin Island, part of the Nunavut Territory off of Canada’s northeast coast, is larger than the state of Montana, and home to polar bears, arctic foxes and spectacular mountain scenery. Source: Internet

Boas was familiar with what Brinton was talking about; he had experienced something similar during his research in Baffin Island and in the Pacific Northwest. Source: Internet

Farley Mowat, p. 43 Fourth, and perhaps most significantly, they were able to reach 77° 45' North latitude, a record which held for 236 years. citation Bylot and Baffin's work in Baffin Bay was doubted by cartographers back in England. Source: Internet

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