English Explanatory Dictionary

Queen Charlotte Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Haida Gwaii.

Word forms

Queen Charlotte Islands

Etymology

Named by George Dixon, who surveyed the archipelago in 1787, after one of his ships, the Queen Charlotte, which itself was named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of the United Kingdom.

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