Guadalcanal
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وادي الخانات (wādi al-xānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”).
[edit] Proper noun
Guadalcanal
- a volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands
- a battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese
[edit] Translations
Pacific island
|
|
[edit] Czech
[edit] Proper noun
Guadalcanal m.