English Explanatory Dictionary

Guadalcanal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
  2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
  3. A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guadalcanal.wav

Word forms

Guadalcanal

Etymology

From Spanish Guadalcanal. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”).

Related words

Guadalajara Guadalquivir Guadalupe Guadiana

Translations

Arabic: جُوَادَالْكَانَال Bulgarian: Гуадалканал Catalan: Guadalcanal Chinese Mandarin: 瓜達爾卡納爾島 /瓜达尔卡纳尔岛 Czech: Guadalcanal Danish: Guadalcanal Dutch: Guadalcanal Finnish: Guadalcanal French: Guadalcanal German: Guadalcanal Hebrew: גוודלקנל Italian: Guadalcanal Japanese: ガダルカナル島 Japanese: ガ島 Korean: 과달카날 섬 Macedonian: Гвадалка́нал Marathi: ग्वादालकानाल Norwegian: Guadalcanal Polish: Guadalcanal Portuguese: Guadalcanal Russian: Гуадалканал Spanish: Guadalcanal Swedish: Guadalcanal
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