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Queen Charlotte Islands
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English
Etymology
Named by George Dixon, who surveyed the archipelago in 1787, after one of his ships, the Queen Charlotte, which itself was named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of the United Kingdom.
Proper noun
Queen Charlotte Islands
en historical Haida Gwaii.
Translations
archipelago off coast of British Columbia
French: fr Îles de la Reine-Charlotte
en eponyms
en Canada Islands