prince william sound

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Definition of prince william sound in English English dictionary

An arm of the Gulf of Alaska east of the Kenai Peninsula. The worst oil spill in U.S. history occurred here in March 1989. Inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, southern Alaska, U.S. It lies east of the Kenai Peninsula and spans 90-100 mi (145-160 km). It was named by the British captain George Vancouver in 1778 to honour a son of George III. In 1989 one of the largest oil spills in history occurred when the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef and lost 10.9 million gallons of crude oil into the sound, with disastrous effects on its ecology

Hyphenation

prince Wil·liam sound

Turkish pronunciation

prîns wîlyım saund

Pronunciation

/ˈprəns ˈwəlyəm ˈsound/ /ˈprɪns ˈwɪljəm ˈsaʊnd/