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james bay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
james bay
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A gulf of Nunavut, Canada, at the southern end of Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean. A large sub-arctic sea surrounded on three sides by land of Ontario (on the west and south) and Quebec (on the east and south), the southernmost extension of the Arctic Ocean.

name

An inlet in Inner Harbour, Victoria Harbour, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, on the Salish Sea, Pacific Ocean.

name

A neighbourhood of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named after the inlet

Etymology

James + bay; * (Arctic Ocean): Named after Thomas James, who explored the region in the 1630s * (Vancouver Island): Named after James Douglas, Governor General of the crown colony of British Columbia

Synonyms

Birdcages

Questions

What does james bay mean?
A gulf of Nunavut, Canada, at the southern end of Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean. A large sub-arctic sea surrounded on three sides by land of Ontario (on the west and south) and Quebec (on the east and south), the southernmost extension of the Arctic Ocean.
Where does james bay come from?
James + bay; * (Arctic Ocean): Named after Thomas James, who explored the region in the 1630s * (Vancouver Island): Named after James Douglas, Governor General of the crown colony of British Columbia

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