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BAFFIN ISLAND
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I. (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)