English Explanatory Dictionary

Queen Elizabeth Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An archipelago that is a component of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the northern islands north of the Parry Channel (the Straight East-West Northwest Passage), west of the Nares Strait, and bounded on the north and west by the Arctic Ocean.

Word forms

Queen Elizabeth Islands

Etymology

From Queen Elizabeth + islands. Named after Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada; renamed in honour of her coronation as Queen (Empress) of the British Empire. The island cluster was formerly the Parry Islands / Parry Archipelago, which subsequently were restricted to referring to the southernmost islands of the island cluster, running along the Parry Channel.

Synonyms

Parry Islands Parry Archipelago
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