Hudson Bay
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3.1
- proper noun
- /ˈhʌdzən beɪ/
- Caron and Smith (1990) observed no changes in swim directions of belugas in eastern Hudson Bay, Canada, when aircraft passed over 300 m overhead.
- belugas from Hudson Bay
- eastern Hudson Bay
- Hudson Bay, Canada
Examples
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The going right across Hudson Bay would be a wider stretch than either of the ocean crossings from Sweden.
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All of of what's that Hudson's Bay and James Bay is filled with sea ice.
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Remarkable site tenacity, despite hunting pressure, was also demonstrated by belugas in a study conducted by Caron and Smith (1990) in eastern Hudson Bay, Canada.
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The concentrations of cadmium in the rivers of Alaska are relatively low compared to those reported for belugas from Hudson Bay and Cumberland Sound in Canada, but similar to those reported for belugas from Greenland and Jones Sound, Canada (Table 5).
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The relatively high average concentration and the high variability of hepatic copper in the Cook Inlet belugas were similar to what has been reported for belugas from Hudson Bay (Table 5, Fig. 8).
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Churchill, population 914, sits on the edge of Hudson Bay at the point where the ice first forms every winter.
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I spent the summer and fall of 1967 on Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay with some scientists studying polar bears.
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While snow geese overgraze the Hudson Bay area throughout the summer, the worst damage occurs in early spring.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hudson + bay
This is a place-name formed from a proper name plus the noun 'bay', where 'bay' clearly denotes a coastal inlet or large body of water and 'Hudson' simply identifies which bay. A B1 learner who knows the meaning of 'bay' (and that Hudson is a name) can infer it refers to a particular bay/large sea area, even if they cannot locate it precisely, so the composition is transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Hudson Bay is named after the English explorer Henry Hudson. In 1610 he sailed into the large inland sea in northern Canada, and because of that people began to call the area by his name, so the big bay today still carries his name.