Guadalcanal

//ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl// name

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  1. 1
    A town in Andalusia, Spain.
  2. 2
    A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
  3. 3
    A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.; A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese.

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battlebattle of guadalcanal

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”).

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