Ascension Island

English

Etymology

From its discovery on Ascension Day in the year 1503 CE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛnʃən ˌaɪ̯lənd/

Proper noun

Ascension Island

2. An island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean.

   Synonym: Ascension

Translations

an island in the South Atlantic

• Arabic: جَزِيرَة أَسِنْسِيُون f (jazīrat ʔasensiyōn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿森松島 / 阿森松岛 (zh) (Āsēnsōng dǎo)

• French: île de l'Ascension f
• German: Ascension (de) f
• Greek: Νήσος Αναλήψεως f (Nísos Analípseos)
• Irish: Oileán na Deascabhála m
• Japanese: アセンション島 (Asenshon-tō)
• Korean: 어센션 섬 (Eosensyeon seom)
• Portuguese: Ilha de Ascensão f
• Russian: о́стров Вознесе́ния (ru) m (óstrov Voznesénija)
• Ukrainian: о́стрів Вознесі́ння m (óstriv Voznesínnja)

Further reading

• Ascension Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia