Guadalcanal
pronunciation
How to pronounce Guadalcanal in British English:
UK [ˌɡwɑ:dlkəˈnæl]
How to pronounce Guadalcanal in American English:
US [ˌɡwɑdlkəˈnæl]
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- Noun:
- a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth
- a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
Word Origin
- Guadalcanal
- largest of the Solomon Islands, discovered 1568 by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira and named for his hometown in Spain. The place name contains the Spanish form of Arabic wadi "river" which occurs in other Spanish place names (such as Guadalajara, from Arabic Wadi Al-Bajara "River of the Stones," either a parallel formation to or ultimately a translation of the ancient Iberian name for the river that gave the place its earlier name, based on caruca "stony;" Guadalquivir, from Arabic Al-Wadi Al-Kabir "Big River;" and Guadalupe, from the Arabic river word and the Roman name of the river, Lupus, literally "wolf").
Example
- 1. He was a gunner at guadalcanal .
- 2. They brought you back after guadalcanal ?
- 3. You got wounded at guadalcanal and then they sent you to iwo ?
- 4. These japanese prisoners were among those captured by us forces on guadalcanal island in the solomon islands , shown november 5 , 1942 .
- 5. Aug. 1942 : us marines , with full battle kits , charge ashore on guadalcanal island from a landing barge during the early phase of the us offensive in the solomon islands during world war ii .