BAFFIN ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baffin Island mean? 

• BAFFIN ISLAND (noun)
  The noun BAFFIN ISLAND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BAFFIN ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAFFIN ISLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Baffin Island" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

Arctic Ocean (ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs)