Marshall Islands
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Map of the 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/
Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
- 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: マーシャル諸島 (Māsharu shotō) (calque)
Translations
Republic of the Marshall Islands
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See also
- (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- Countries of the world
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