Easter Island

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An island in the South Pacific, belonging to Chile and famous for its moai monuments.

Origin

• . Named by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (an 18th century Dutch spelling). The island's official Spanish name, isla de Pascua, also means “Easter Island”.