Kwajalein

English + Atoll Etymology From en de Kwajalein, from en mh Kuwajleen. Pronunciation en /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/ US Much less common pronunciations include /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌliːn/, /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌleɪn/ or /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌlaɪn/. These are all very scarce among the atoll's English-speaking residents. American English is usually spoken by Kwajalein island's American expatriate population, which has the father-bother merger; for accents without this merger (including Received Pronunciation), /ˈkwɒd͡ʒəlɪn/ is a possible realization. This is not technically wrong, because the aforementioned father-bother merger makes this pronunciation indistinguishable from /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/. Indeed, the name of Kwajalein island's primary hotel, the Kwaj Lodge, is a wordplay on en Kwaj and en lodge rhyming. Proper noun en proper noun Kwajalein atoll. Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll. Derived terms en Kwaj German Etymology de :bor mh:Kuwajleen de mh Kuwajleen. Proper noun de proper noun de atoll c/Marshall Islands Kwajalein de island in atoll:suf/Kwajalein in the c/Marshall Islands Kwajalein Descendants 1 en Kwajalein