Guadalcanal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Translations
[edit]Pacific island
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Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Guadalcanal m inan (related adjective guadalcanalský)
- Guadalcanal (an island in the Pacific)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Guadalcanal (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
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nominative | Guadalcanal |
genitive | Guadalcanalu |
dative | Guadalcanalu |
accusative | Guadalcanal |
vocative | Guadalcanale |
locative | Guadalcanalu |
instrumental | Guadalcanalem |
Portuguese
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Proper noun
[edit]Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain)
- Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Guadalcanal ?
- Guadalcanal (Pacific island)
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- en:World War II
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- pt:Villages in Andalusia
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- pt:Places in the Solomon Islands
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