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po·lyn·ya    Audio Help   [puh-lin-yuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an area of unfrozen sea water surrounded by ice.
[Origin: 1850–55; < Russ polyn'yá, ORuss polynĭi equiv. to pol(ŭ) empty, open + -ynĭi n. suffix]
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po·lyn·ya    Audio Help   (pŏl'ən-yä', pə-lĭn'yə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An area of open water surrounded by sea ice.


[Russian polyn'ya, from polyĭ, open, hollow; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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polynya

noun
a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) 

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