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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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English
Alternative forms
en Cocos Islands
en Keeling Islands historical
Etymology
en British navigator William Keeling = and the abundance of coconuts on the atoll.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkəʊkəs ˈkiːlɪŋ ˈaɪləndz/
Proper noun
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
en Q36004 en external territory c/Australia located on the Indian Ocean.
en 4 April 2025 Ottlie Mitchell Tiffanie Turnbull 'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list BBC News Like the rest of Australia, the Heard and McDonald Islands, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island are now subject to a tariff of 10%. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250406222143/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8xlj0485o
Meronyms
en Bantam
Translations
external territory of Australia
Cocos Islands Malay: coa Pulu Kokos (Keeling)
Indonesian: id Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling), id Kepulauan Kokos (Keeling)
Malay: ms Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling), ms Kepulauan Kokos (Keeling), ms (کڤولاوان کوکوس (کيليڠ