Guadalcanal

Meaning

Proper Noun

town Andalusia (autonomous community) Spain (country)
a volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands

Origin

Named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات.

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