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JAMES BAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)
Holonyms ("James Bay" is a part of...):
Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)
Quebec (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British)