Minas Basin

American  

[mahy-nuhs] / ˈmaɪ nəs /

noun

1. a bay in E Canada, the easternmost arm of the Bay of Fundy, in N Nova Scotia: noted for its high tides.

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Minas Basin British  

/ ˈmaɪnəs /

noun

1. a bay in E Canada, in central Nova Scotia: the NE arm of the Bay of Fundy, with which it is linked by Minas Channel

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Example Sentences

A fleet of 22 vessels from Connecticut, carrying a considerable colony, entered Minas Basin on the 4th day of June, and the settlers landed near the town plot of Cornwallis.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

Cape Chignecto, the point where the Bay of Fundy is bifurcated; the     northern arm forming Chignecto Bay, and the southern, the Bay of Mines     or Minas Basin.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

You see we've got to go on into Minas Basin.

From Lost in the Fog by De Mille, James

A yellow light streamed sharply down across the frost-whitened meadows, the smouldering ruins of Grand Pré village, and out upon the glittering expanse of Minas Basin.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Blomidon, you remember, was the home of Glooscap, the deity of the Micmacs, and Minas Basin was his beaver pond.

From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah