Guadalcanal

English

Etymology

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/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Guadalcanal

  1. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
  2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
    1. A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡvadalkanal]

Proper noun

Guadalcanal m inan (related adjective guadalcanalský)

  1. Guadalcanal (an island in the Pacific)

Declension
Declension of Guadalcanal (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Guadalcanal
genitive Guadalcanalu
dative Guadalcanalu
accusative Guadalcanal
vocative Guadalcanale
locative Guadalcanalu
instrumental Guadalcanalem

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kaˈnaw/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kaˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kɐˈnal/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kɐˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kɐˈna.li/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kɐˈna.li]

Proper noun

Guadalcanal

  1. Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain)
  2. Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwadalkaˈnal/ [ɡwa.ð̞al.kaˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: Gua‧dal‧ca‧nal

Proper noun

Guadalcanal ?

  1. Guadalcanal (Pacific island)
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