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lancaster sound

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
lan-cast-er -sound
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.

Etymology

From Lancaster + sound. Coined in 1616 by Arctic explorer Englishman William Baffin in honour of his patron Sir James Lancaster.

Synonyms

Tallurutiup Imanga

Questions

What does lancaster sound mean?
A channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.
Where does lancaster sound come from?
From Lancaster + sound. Coined in 1616 by Arctic explorer Englishman William Baffin in honour of his patron Sir James Lancaster.

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