Ascension Island

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ascension Island

1. An island in the South Atlantic that is a British dependency of Saint Helena.

Translations

an island in the South Atlantic

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

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

• French: île de l’Ascension f
• German: Insel Ascension f
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• Greek: Νήσος Αναλήψεως f (Nísos Analípseos)
• 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)

Further reading

• Ascension Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia