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Swains Island
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English
Etymology
Captain William L. Hudson of the USS Peacock saw the island in 1841, and claimed to have learned its location from a certain Captain Swain of Nantucket. The apostrophe in Swain's was later dropped.
Proper noun
Swains Island
An atoll in the Tokelau island chain.
en eponymsen Places in American Samoa