Marshall Islands

English

Etymology

Islands named after John Marshall.

Pronunciation

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːʃəl ˈaɪləndz/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/
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Proper noun

the Marshall Islands

A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.
- 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 23:
  There, in that emptiness, the typhoon is organising. For the last twenty-four hours it’s been shifting west, by now past the Marshall Islands, that fragile tracery of sinking lands so piecemeal and storm-worn.
- 2024 November 22, “President Lai to lead delegation on visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) [中華民國總統府]‎^[1], archived from the original on November 22, 2024, News releases‎^[2]:
  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Chung-kwang (田中光) then outlined the trip itinerary, stating that President Lai will visit the three Pacific allies in the following order: the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and then Palau. He said that during his time in the Marshall Islands, the president will meet with President Heine and her cabinet and with Speaker of the Nitijela (parliament) Brenson Wase, adding that the president will also address the Nitijela, attend a ceremony marking the completion of the Majuro Hospital AI and Telemedicine Center, and attend a state banquet hosted by President Heine.

Derived terms

Marshallese

Descendants

→ Japanese: マーシャル諸島 (Māsharu shotō) (calque)

Translations

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Afrikaans: Marshalleilande
Arabic: جُزُر مَارْشَال f pl (juzur maršal)
Armenian: Մարշալյան Կղզիներ pl (Maršalyan Kġziner)
Belarusian: Марша́лавы Астравы́ m pl (Maršálavy Astravý)
Breton: Inizi Marshall
Bulgarian: Маршалови острови m pl (Maršalovi ostrovi)
Catalan: illes Marshall (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬紹爾群島 / 马绍尔群岛 (zh) (Mǎshào'ěr qúndǎo)
Czech: Marshallovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
Danish: Marshalløerne (da)
Dutch: Marshalleilanden (nl)
Esperanto: Marŝala Insularo, Marŝaloj
Estonian: Marshalli Saared (et)
Fijian: Yatu Masela
Finnish: Marshallinsaaret (fi)
French: îles Marshall (fr) f pl
Galician: Illas Marshall (gl)
German: Marshallinseln (de) f pl
Greek: Νήσοι Μάρσαλ (el) f pl (Nísoi Mársal)
Hawaiian: Mākala ʻAilana
Hebrew: איי מרשל (Iyey Marshal)
Hungarian: Marshall-szigetek (hu)
Interlingua: Insulas Marshall
Irish: Oileáin Marshall m pl
Italian: Isole Marshall f pl
Japanese: マーシャル諸島 (ja) (Māsharu shotō)
Korean: 마셜 제도 (ko) (Masyeol jedo)
Latin: Insulae Marsalienses f pl
Latvian: Māršala Salas f pl
Lithuanian: Maršalo Salos (lt)
Macedonian: Маршалови Острови m pl (Maršalovi Ostrovi)
Malay: Kepulauan Marshall
Marshallese: M̧ajeļ
Norman: Îles Marshall f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Marshalløyene

Nynorsk: Marshalløyane
Polish: Wyspy Marshalla (pl)
Portuguese: Ilhas Marshall (pt)
Romanian: Insulele Marshall (ro)
Romansch: Inslas da Marshall f pl
Russian: Марша́лловы Остро́ва (ru) m pl (Maršállovy Ostróva)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Маршалова Острва n pl, Маршалска острва

Roman: Maršalova Ostrva n pl, Maršalska ostrva, Maršalovi Otoci (sh)
Slovene: Marshallovi otoki
Spanish: Islas Marshall (es) f pl
Swedish: Marshallöarna (sv)
Tamil: மார்ஷல் தீவுகள் (mārṣal tīvukaḷ)
Tatar: Marshall Utırawları
Thai: หมู่เกาะมาร์แชลล์ (th) (mùu-gɔ̀ maa-chɛɛl)
Turkish: Marshall Adaları (tr)
Turkmen: Marşal Adalary
Ukrainian: Маршалові острови (Maršalovi ostrovy)
Urdu: مارشل آئلینڈ (mārśal āilaiṇḍ)
Vietnamese: Quần đảo Mác-san
Yoruba: Etikun Máṣali

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