English Explanatory Dictionary

Thursday Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island in the Torres Strait.

Word forms

Thursday Island

Etymology

In 1848 Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy named this island Friday Island and another island Thursday Island (presumably the days of the week on which he named them). However, in June 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort switched the two names around, probably to preserve the east–west naming sequence with the present-day Friday Island and the nearby Wednesday Island.

Synonyms

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