English Explanatory Dictionary

South Sandwich Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island chain in the southern Atlantic Ocean, part of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom, a British overseas territory.

Word forms

South Sandwich Islands

Etymology

From being an island group named in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Called "south" to distinguish them from the Sandwich Islands in the northern hemisphere.

Related words

island sandwich Sandwich Island Sandwich Islands south

Derived words

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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