English Explanatory Dictionary

Prince Edward Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Charlottetown.
  2. An island in eastern Canada, which forms the majority of the eponymous province.
  3. An island administered by South Africa in the subantarctic Indian Ocean, part of the Prince Edward Islands.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Prince Edward Island.wav

Word forms

Prince Edward Island

Etymology

Named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820), the son of King George III and father of Queen Victoria.

Synonyms

PEI P.E.I. P. E. I. PE Île Saint Jean

Derived words

Prince Edward Islander

Translations

Arabic: جَزِيرَة الأَمِير إِدْوَارْد Bulgarian: О́стров Принц Е́дуард Catalan: Illa del Príncep Eduard Chinese Cantonese: 愛德華王子島 /爱德华王子岛 Chinese Mandarin: 愛德華王子島 /爱德华王子岛 Czech: Ostrov prince Edwarda Esperanto: Insulo de Princo Eduardo Estonian: Prints Edwardi saar Faroese: Prince Edwardsoy Finnish: Prinssi Edwardin saari French: Île-du-Prince-Édouard Georgian: პრინს-ედუარდის კუნძული German: Prinz-Eduard-Insel Hindi: प्रिन्स एड्वर्ड आइलैण्ड Icelandic: Eyja Játvarðs prins Irish: Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard Italian: Isola del Principe Edoardo Japanese: プリンスエドワードアイランド Khmer: កោះព្រីនអេដវឺដ Korean: 프린스에드워드아일랜드 Latin: Insula principis Eduardi Macedonian: Остров на Принц Едвард Malay: Pulau Prince Edward Manx: Ellan y Phrinse Edard Mi'kmaq: Abegweit Mi'kmaq: Epekwitk Polish: Wyspa Księcia Edwarda Portuguese: Ilha Prince Edward Portuguese: Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo Russian: О́стров При́нца Эдуа́рда Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa Slovak: Ostrov princa Eduarda Spanish: Isla Príncipe Eduardo Ukrainian: О́стрів При́нца Е́дварда Welsh: Ynys Tywysog Edward
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