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Ellesmere

(elz′mir′)

northernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Baffin region of Nunavut, Canada: 75,767 sq mi (196,236 sq km)

Origin: after F. Egerton (1800-57), 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Eng statesman

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