Hudson Bay

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noun

a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1,370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).

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Words nearby Hudson Bay

huddle, Huddleston, Hudibrastic, hudna, Hudson, Hudson Bay, Hudson, Henry, Hudsonian godwit, Hudson River, Hudson River school, Hudson's Bay blanket

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How to use Hudson Bay in a sentence

Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
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As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.
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Rising up from scooping bay, the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn.
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
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Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
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These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne.
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Three men were sentenced to grow potatoes at Botany Bay the rest of their lives.
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There are two principal bays of vast size, one called the gulf of St. Lawrence, the other French bay.
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British Dictionary definitions for Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay

/ (ˈhʌdsən) /

noun

an inland sea in NE Canada: linked with the Atlantic by Hudson Strait; the S extension forms James Bay; discovered in 1610 by Henry Hudson. Area (excluding James Bay): 647 500 sq km (250 000 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay

Inland arm of the Atlantic Ocean in east-central Canada. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories lie on its shores.

notes for Hudson Bay

It was explored and named by Henry Hudson, who was searching for the Northwest Passage.