English Explanatory Dictionary

Devil's Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
  2. A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.
  3. An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.

Word forms

Devil's Island

Etymology

Devil or devil and island * (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits * (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

Synonyms

Isle of Devils Isles of Devils Devil's Islands

Derived words

Devil's Triangle
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