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1. (n.) Northwest Passage
a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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1. (noun) Northwest Passage
a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
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