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Guadalcanal

proper noun

  1. island of the southeastern Solomon Islands
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/

name

Etymology: From Spanish Guadalcanal. 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”).

  1. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
  2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
  3. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.