Easter Island

English Etymology en nl Paaseiland. Named by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (an 18th century Dutch spelling). The island's official Spanish name, es isla de Pascua, also means “Easter Island”. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Easter Island.wav Southern England Proper noun Easter Island An island in the South Pacific, belonging to Chile and famous for its moai monuments. en Rapa Nui en Polynesia en 1755 A New Universal Collection of Voyages and Travels 320 The commodore, after he had quitted this iſland, ſailed 12 degrees to the weſtward, having ſight of a number of birds, which attended them till they arrived at a ſmall iſland about 16 leagues in extent, which they called Paſch, or Eaſter Iſland, from the day on which it was diſcovered. Derived terms en Easter Islander Translations Island in the Pacific Acehnese: ace Pulo Easter Afrikaans: af Paaseiland Amharic: am ፋሲካ ደሴት fasīka desēti Arabic: ar جَزِيرَة عِيد اَلْفِصْح f, ar جَزِيرَة الْفِصْح Aragonese: an Isla de Pascua Armenian: hy Զատկի կղզի Asturian: ast Islla de Pascua Azerbaijani: az Pasxa adası Basque: eu Pazko uhartea Belarusian: be во́страў Па́схі m Breton: br Enez Pask Bulgarian: bg Великде́нски о́стров m Catalan: ca illa de Pasqua f Cebuano: ceb pulo sa Tśile Chinese: Cantonese: yue 復活節島 fuk6 wut6 zit3 dou2 Hokkien: nan-hbl 閣活節島 Koh-oa̍h-choeh-tó, Koh-oa̍h-cheh-tó Mandarin: cmn 復活節島 Fùhuójiédǎo Cornish: kw Ynys Pask Czech: cs Velikonoční ostrov m Danish: da Påskeøen Dutch: nl Paaseiland n Esperanto: eo Paskinsulo Estonian: et Lihavõttesaar Faroese: fo Páskaoy Finnish: fi Pääsiäissaari Franco-Provençal: frp Ila de Pâques f French: fr île de Pâques f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Poosche-ailönj West Frisian: fy Peaske-eilân Gagauz: gag Paskellä Adası Galician: gl Illa de Pascua f Georgian: ka აღდგომის კუნძული German: de Osterinsel f Alemannic German: gsw Osterinsel Bavarian: bar Ostainsl Greek: el Νησί του Πάσχα n Hebrew: he אי הפסחא m i ha-pasħa Hindi: hi ईस्टर द्वीप m Hungarian: hu Húsvét-sziget Icelandic: is Páskaeyja Ido: io Pasko-Insulo Indonesian: id Pulau Paskah Irish: ga Oileán na Cásca Italian: it Isola di Pasqua f Japanese: ja イースター島 Īsutā-tō Kazakh: kk Пасха аралы Korean: ko ^이스터 섬 Lao: lo ເກາະອີສເຕີ Latin: la insula Paschae f Latvian: lv Lieldienu sala Limburgish: li Paoseiland Lithuanian: lt Velykų sala f Macedonian: mk Велигденски Остров m Malagasy: mg Nosin'i Paska Malay: ms Pulau Easter Maltese: mt Gżira ta' l-Għid il-Gżira ta' l-Għid , mt Gżira Easter il-Gżira Easter Manx: gv Ellan y Chaisht, gv Ellan ny Caisht Māori: mi Moutere Aranga Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Påskeøya Nynorsk: nn Påskeøya Occitan: oc Illa de Pascas, oc Illa de Paschas Persian: fa جزیره ایستر jazire ister Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Iista Ailen Polish: pl Wyspa Wielkanocna f Portuguese: pt Ilha da Páscoa f, pt Ilha de Páscoa f Rapa Nui: rap Rapa Nui Romanian: ro Insula Paștelui Russian: ru о́стров Па́схи m Rwanda-Rundi: rw Rapanuyi Sardinian: sc ìsula de Pasca Scots: sco Easter Island Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ускршње острво n, sh Ускршњи оток m Latin: sh Uskršnje ostrvo n, sh Uskršnji otok m, sh Uskršnji otoci Sicilian: scn ìsula di Pasqua f Silesian: szl Wjelganocno Wyspa Slovak: sk Veľkonočný ostrov m Slovene: sl Velikonočni otok Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Jatšowna kupa Upper Sorbian: hsb Jutrowna kupa Spanish: es Isla de Pascua f Sundanese: su Pulo Paskah Swahili: sw Kisiwa cha Pasaka Swedish: sv Påskön Tahitian: ty Rapa Nui Thai: th เกาะอีสเตอร์ Tok Pisin: tpi Ista Ailan Turkish: tr Paskalya Adası Ukrainian: uk о́стрів Па́схи m Uzbek: uz Pasxa oroli Venetan: vec Ìxoła de Pàscua Vietnamese: vi đảo Phục Sinh Walloon: wa Iye di Påke Waray-Waray: war Lalawigan Welsh: cy Ynys y Pasg Further reading en Islands