Etymology

Davis Strait

Today it means: A southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea, between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island. Full definition →

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The story

Named after the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.