Solomon Islands

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Etymology

After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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Proper noun

Solomon Islands

1. A country in Melanesia. Official name: Solomon Islands.

Translations

A country in Melanesia

• Arabic: جزر سليمان (ar) (júzur sulaymaan) f pl
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (bn)
• Breton: Inizi Salomon (br)
• Bulgarian: Соломонови острови (bg) (Solomonovi ostrovi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所羅門群島 (cmn), 所罗门群岛 (cmn) (Suǒluómén Qúndǎo)

• Czech: Šalamounovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
• Danish: Salomonøerne (da)
• Dutch: Salomonseilanden (nl)
• Esperanto: Salomonoj (eo) pl
• Finnish: Salomonsaaret (fi)
• French: Îles Salomon (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Salomonen (de)
• Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντος (el) (Nísoi Solomóntos) m pl
• Hebrew: איי שלמ (he) (Iyey Shlomo)
• Interlingua: Insulas Salomon (ia)
• Italian: Isole Salomone (it)
• Japanese: ソロモン諸島 (ja) (Soromon shotō)
• Kalenjin: Solomon
• Kamba: Solomoni

• Khmer: កោះ​សូឡូម៉ូន (km) (kɑh sooloomoon)
• Kikuyu: Solomon
• Korean: 솔로몬 제도 (ko) (Sollomon jedo)
• Luhya: Solomoni
• Luo: Solomon
• Macedonian: Соломонови Острови (mk) (Solomónovi Óstrovi) m pl
• Meru: Solomon
• Navajo: Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
• Norwegian: Salomonøyene (no)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Wyspy Salomona (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilhas Salomão (pt)
• Romanian: Insulele Solomon (ro)
• Romansch: Inslas da Salomon (rm) f pl
• Russian: Соломоновы острова (ru) (Solomónovy ostrová) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: Solomonova Ostrva (sh) n pl
• Slovene: Salomonovi otoki (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Islas Salomón (es)
• Swahili: Solomoni (sw)
• Swedish: Salomonöarna (sv)
• Turkish: Solomon Adaları (tr) pl

See also

• Honiara
• Countries of the world