Queen Elizabeth Islands

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proper-noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English queen (an effeminate male homosexual) + English Queen Elizabeth + English island + English islands.

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English

islands

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