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Elles·mere (elz′mir′)

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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