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

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. Named after William Baffin, English explorer (Wiktionary)

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  • “Days pass before even the most cursory rain is absorbed during which time the yard becomes a Baffin Island for mosquitoes.”

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  • “These places correspond to Baffin Island and Labrador, and the staging point in Greenland must have been Disko Bay, at the narrowest point of the Davis Strait.”

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