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pelly bay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
pel-ly bay
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.

name

Former name of Kugaaruk.

name

A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station

Etymology

From Pelly + bay. Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.

Questions

What does pelly bay mean?
A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
Where does pelly bay come from?
From Pelly + bay. Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.

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