Prudhoe Bay
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6.7
- proper noun
- /ˈpruːðoʊ beɪ/
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Bahía Prudhoe
- miles to Prudhoe Bay
- south of Prudhoe Bay
- getting to Prudhoe Bay
Examples
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The whales' only real hope of escape... is the unusual hover barge en route from Prudhoe Bay.
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Now, the ice-breaking hover barge... is up in my Prudhoe Bay drilling complex.
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In Prudhoe Bay... there's a giant hover barge that belongs to Alaska Northern Oil.
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And the Central Arctic Herd located to the east at Prudhoe Bay has increased from 5,000 to 66,000 animals since oil production began, and they calve directly in the middle of the oil field.
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There are no roads or pipelines through NPR-A, and permits to cross the bordering Colville River to link to pipelines to Prudhoe Bay and the Trans Alaska Pipeline have been blocked.
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The oil field in Prudhoe Bay has significantly contributed to Alaska's economy.
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Many tourists visit Prudhoe Bay to see the stunning Arctic landscape.
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In 1968, oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay, leading to a major resource boom.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Prudhoe + bay
The noun 'bay' gives a clear, compositional cue that the phrase denotes a coastal inlet named 'Prudhoe', but 'Prudhoe' is an opaque proper name (not a lexical item whose meaning can be derived). A B1 learner who knows 'bay' would infer it is the name of a bay, but would not be able to derive the specific referential details (Alaska location or oil-field significance), so the transparency is only partial.
Etymology
Prudhoe Bay comes from a remote bay on Alaska's north coast. When a huge oil field was found there in 1968, the image of pumps and pipes on the frozen shore made Prudhoe Bay come to mean Alaska's large 'oil field' and the pipeline from it.