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placentia bay

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Pla⋅cen⋅tia Bay

  [pluh-sen-shuh]
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–noun
a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. ab. 100 mi. (160 km) long and 80 mi. (129 km) wide.
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Placentia Bay  
An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast Newfoundland, Canada. On August 14, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, setting forth the Allied aims for a postwar settlement, while aboard the British battleship Prince of Wales anchored in the bay.
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