Adélie Land

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the five French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a subdivision of the Antarctic.

Word forms

Adélie Land

Etymology

Named after Adèle Dumont d'Urville (wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville).

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