Easter Island

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Etymology

The name "Easter Island" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th century Dutch for "Easter Island"). The island's official Spanish name, Isla de Pascua, also means "Easter Island".

Proper noun

Easter Island

1. An island in the south Pacific, belonging to Chile famous for its moai monuments.

Translations

Island in the Pacific

• Arabic: جزيرة عيد الفصح (ar) (jaziira(t) 3iid al-fiSH) f
• Armenian: Զատկի կղզի (hy) (Zatki kłzi) 
• Belarusian: востраў Пасхі (be) (vóstraŭ Pásxi) m 
• Bulgarian: Великденски остров (bg) (Velikdenski óstrov) m 
• Catalan: Illa de Pasqua (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復活節島 (cmn), 复活节岛 (cmn) (Fùhuójié dǎo)

  Min Nan: Rapa Nui

• Cornish: Ynys Pask
• Croatian: Uskršnji otoci
• Czech: Velikonoční ostrov (cs) m
• Danish: Påskeøen (da)
• Dutch: Paaseiland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Paskinsulo (eo)
• Estonian: Lihavõttesaar (et)
• Finnish: Pääsiäissaari (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Ila de Pâques f
• French: Île de Pâques (fr) f
• Galician: Illa de Pascua (gl) f
• German: Osterinsel (de) f
• Hebrew: אי הפסחא (he) (i ha-pasħa) m
• Icelandic: Páskaeyja (is)
• Ido: Pasko-Insulo (io)

• Indonesian: Pulau Paskah
• Italian: Isola di Pasqua (it) f
• Japanese: イースター島 (ja) (Īsutā-tō)
• Korean: 이스터 섬 (ko) (Iseuteo seom)
• Latin: insula Paschae (la) f
• Lithuanian: Velykų sala f
• Macedonian: Велигденски Остров (mk) (Velígdenski Óstrov) m
• Maltese: il-Gżira ta' l-Għid, il-Gżira Easter
• Norwegian: Påskeøya (no)
• Persian: جزیره ایستر (fa) (jazire ister)
• Polish: Wyspa Wielkanocna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ilha de Páscoa (pt) f
• Russian: остров Пасхи (ru) (óstrov Pásxi) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ускршње острво (sh) n, Ускршњи оток (sh) m

  Roman: Uskršnje ostrvo (ru) n (Uskršnje ostrvo), Uskršnji otok (sh) m

• Sicilian: Isula di Pasqua f
• Slovak: Veľkonočný ostrov (sk) m
• Spanish: Isla de Pascua (es) f
• Swedish: Påskön (sv)
• Turkish: Paskalya Adası (tr)
• Ukrainian: острів Пасхи (uk) (óstriv Pásxy) m 
• Vietnamese: Đảo Phục Sinh (vi)