English Explanatory Dictionary

Fortunate Isles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Cape Verde.
  2. Synonym of Islands of the Blessed.

Word forms

Fortunate Isles the Fortunate Isles

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Μακάρων νῆσοι (Makárōn nêsoi).

Synonyms

Happy Isles Islands of the Blessed
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