Kwajalein

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English

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Etymology

From German Kwajalein, from Marshallese Kuwajleen.

Pronunciation

Much less common pronunciations include /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌliːn/, /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌleɪn/ or /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌlaɪn/. These are all very scarce among the atoll's English-speaking residents. American English is usually spoken by Kwajalein island's American expatriate population, which has the father-bother merger; for accents without this merger (including Received Pronunciation), /ˈkwɒd͡ʒəlɪn/ is a possible realization. This is not technically wrong, because the aforementioned father-bother merger makes this pronunciation indistinguishable from /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/. Indeed, the name of Kwajalein island's primary hotel, the Kwaj Lodge, is a wordplay on Kwaj and lodge rhyming.

Proper noun

Kwajalein

  1. Kwajalein atoll.
  2. Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Marshallese Kuwajleen.

Proper noun

Kwajalein

  1. Kwajalein (an atoll in the Marshall Islands)
  2. Kwajalein (an island in Kwajalein atoll, in the Marshall Islands)

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