Solomon Islands

English

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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Proper noun

Solomon Islands

2. A country in Melanesia.

Holonyms

• Melanesia

Translations

A country in Melanesia

• Afrikaans: Salomonseilande
• Arabic: جُزُر سُلَيْمَان f pl (juzur sulaymān)
• Armenian: Սողոմոնի Կղզիներ (Soġomoni Kġziner)
• Bengali: সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (śolōmon dippunjo)
• Breton: Inizi Salomon
• Bulgarian: Соломонови острови (Solomonovi ostrovi)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Šalamounovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
• Danish: Salomonøerne (da)
• Dutch: Salomonseilanden (nl)
• Esperanto: Salomonoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Saalomoni Saared (et)
• Finnish: Salomonsaaret (fi)
• French: Îles Salomon (fr)
• Georgian: სოლომონის კუნძულები (ka) (solomonis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Salomonen (de)
• Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντος (el) m pl (Nísoi Solomóntos)
• Hebrew: איי שלמה (Iyey Shlomo)
• Interlingua: Insulas Salomon
• Irish: Oileáin Sholomón m pl
• Italian: Isole Salomone (it)
• Japanese: ソロモン諸島 (ja) (Soromon shotō)
• Kalenjin: Solomon
• Kamba: Solomoni
• Khmer: កោះ​សូឡូម៉ូន (kɑh sooloomoon)
• Kikuyu: Solomon
• Korean: 솔로몬 제도 (Sollomon jedo)
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• Latvian: Zālamana Salas f pl
• Lithuanian: Saliamono salos (lt) f pl
• Luhya: Solomoni
• Luo: Solomon
• Macedonian: Соломонови Острови m pl (Solomonovi Ostrovi)
• Maori: Ngā Motu o Horomona
• Meru: Solomon
• Navajo: Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
• Norman: Îles Solomon f pl
• Norwegian: Salomonøyene
• Pashto: د سلیمان جزیره
• Persian: جزایر سلیمان (jazâyir-i soleymân)
• Pijin: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Wyspy Salomona (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilhas Salomão (pt)
• Romanian: Insulele Solomon
• Romansch: Inslas da Salomon f pl
• Russian: Соломо́новы острова́ m pl (Solomónovy ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian: Solomonova Ostrva n pl
• Slovene: Salomonovi otoki m pl
• Spanish: Islas Salomón (es)
• Swahili: Solomoni (sw)
• Swedish: Salomonöarna (sv)
• Thai: หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน (th) (mùu-gɔ̀ soo-loo-mɔ̂n)
• Turkish: Solomon Adaları (tr) pl
• Turkmen: Solomon Adalary pl
• Yoruba: Etikun Solomoni

See also

• Honiara
• Countries of the world