Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inland sea of east-central Canada. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Hudson Strait, which runs between southern Baffin Island and northern Quebec.
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- proper noun An
inland sea in northeasternCanada .
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- noun an inland sea in northern Canada
Etymologies
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Examples
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Years ago the missionaries living in the northern part of what were then known as the Hudson Bay territories, were often so remote from civilisation, that they were obliged to depend principally on fish and game for their livelihood.
On the Indian Trail Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians Egerton Ryerson Young 1874
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The ship crossed the great Hudson Bay, which is about six hundred miles in width, without any mishap, and safely dropped anchor in what the
Three Boys in the Wild North Land Egerton Ryerson Young 1874
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Rev James Evans, one of the early Methodist missionaries to the scattered tribes of Indians in what were then known as the Hudson Bay
On the Indian Trail Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians Egerton Ryerson Young 1874
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That's a far cry from the days of 40 or so cents when the loonie was dubbed the Hudson Bay
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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That's a far cry from the days of 40 or so cents when the loonie was dubbed the Hudson Bay
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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That's a far cry from the days of 40 or so cents when the loonie was dubbed the Hudson Bay
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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That's a far cry from the days of 40 or so cents when the loonie was dubbed the Hudson Bay
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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The Hudson Bay is the perfect area to analyze crustal formation during the Precambrian - the period from the formation of Earth some 4.6 billion years ago, until 542 million years ago.
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"Using ADS-B in a high traffic area such as Hudson Bay enables us to significantly improve services to our customers in terms of safety and overall operational efficiency," said Rudy Kellar, vice president, operations at Nav Canada.
Aero-News Network 2009
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Mebbe it was canoe, mebbe it was some seal zat come all ze way up zis rifer from zat big ocean zey call Hudson Bay, and which zey tell me ees six hundred mile from one shore to ze other. "
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