Guadalcanal
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English
Etymology
From Spanish. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/
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Proper noun
Guadalcanal
- A town in Andalusia, Spain.
- A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
- A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese.
Related terms
Translations
Pacific island
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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guadalcanal m inan (related adjective guadalcanalský)
- Guadalcanal (an island in the Pacific)
Declension
Declension of Guadalcanal (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Guadalcanal |
| genitive | Guadalcanalu |
| dative | Guadalcanalu |
| accusative | Guadalcanal |
| vocative | Guadalcanale |
| locative | Guadalcanalu |
| instrumental | Guadalcanalem |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain)
- Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guadalcanal ?
- Guadalcanal (Pacific island)