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Meaning of Northwest Passage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.

Equivalents

Cymraeg y Dramwyfa'r Gogledd-Orllewin
Deutsch Nordwestpassage
Suomi Luoteisväylä
Français passage du nord-ouest
한국어 북서항로
Nederlands Noordwestelijke Doorvaart

Examples

“Ah, for just one time / I would take⟳ the Northwest Passage / To find⟳ the hand of Franklin / Reaching for the Beaufort Sea”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Northwest Territorial Imperative Northwest Territories Northwest Territory Northwester Northwesterly Northwestern

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