polynia

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English

Noun

polynia (plural polynias)

  1. Alternative spelling of polynya
    • 1844, Ferdinand von Wrangell [i.e., Ferdinand von Wrangel], chapter V, in Edward Sabine, editor, Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. , 2nd edition, London: James Madden and Co., , →OCLC, pages 102–103:
      We immediately ascended a hill, and saw that the supposed land was nothing but hummocks of ice, piled up beyond a large Polynia, or space of open water, which extended from east to west, as far as the eye could reach.
    • 1980, “Summary of the Meeting”, in Polar Bears: , Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, →ISBN, paragraph 9, page 23:
      Dr. [Ian] Stirling pointed out that colonies of nesting sea-birds were an indicator of permanent polynias and that the productivity studies in such polynias might prove interesting.

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French

Noun

polynia m (plural polynias)

  1. polynya
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