Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Minamata Bay | Yes | No | No | No |
embayment | Yes | No | No | No |
Minamata Bay (noun) | embayment (noun) |
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a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |