ABC-øyene

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The three islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

Etymology

ABC +‎ øyene, the first part comes from the first letters of the three islands Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao for the first definition, alternatively the three islands Admiralty Island, Baranof Island and Chichagof Island in Alaska, USA for the second definition. Last part is the definite plural of øy (“island”), from Old Norse ey (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain, meadow, island”), from earlier *agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːbeˈseːœjənə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ənə
  • Hyphenation: A‧B‧C‧øy‧en‧e

Noun

ABC-øyene m pl or f pl

  1. ABC Islands, a common term for the three islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao in the Leeward Islands
  2. a common term for the three islands of Admiralty Island, Baranof Island and Chichagof Island in Alaska, USA
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