Pourquoi Pas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A mountainous island lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

Word forms

Pourquoi Pas

Etymology

From French pourquoi pas (literally “why not”). Named by John Rymill, after Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas ?.

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