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Admiralty Islands
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English
Etymology
Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy at the time.
Proper noun
Admiralty Islands
en Q119230 A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms
en Admiralties
Translations
group of islands
Armenian: hy Ծովակալության կղզիներ
Dutch: nl Admiraliteitseilanden
French: fr îles de l'Amirauté
German: de Admiralitätsinseln
Polish: pl Wyspy Admiralicji nv-p
Portuguese: pt Ilhas do Almirantado f-p
Russian: ru острова́ Адмиралте́йства
en Islands Papua New Guinea