Paaseiland
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of Pasen (“Easter”) + eiland (“island”). Coined by Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722, in the spelling Paasch-Eyland.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Paaseiland n
- Easter Island [from 1720s]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Easter Island (calque)