Baffin Island

Baffin Island

English

Etymology

Named after William Baffin, English explorer.

Proper noun

Baffin Island

1. An island in Nunavut, Canada, north of the Canadian mainland.

Synonyms

• Baffin Land (obsolete)

Translations

island

French: île de Baffin f, Terre de Baffin f Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ (qikiqtaaluk) Japanese: バフィン島 (Bafin-shima) Old Norse: Helluland, please add this translation if you can Russian: Ба́ффинова Земля́ (ru) f (Báffinova Zemljá)