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Solomon Islands
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English
Etymology
After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/ AU
en /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/ UK
en /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Solomon Islands.wav UK
en en-us-Solomon Islands.ogg US
Proper noun
Solomon Islands 1
en Q685en A <<country>> consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands <<archipelago>> in <<r/Melanesia>>, in <<cont/Oceania>>, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands Honiara Solomon Islands.
en Q148966en An <<archipelago>> in <<r/Melanesia>>, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Holonyms
en Melanesia
Derived terms
en Solomon Islander
Descendants
ja 1 ソロモン諸島 Soromon Shotō
Translations
Q685 a country in Melanesia
Afrikaans: af Salomonseilande
Albanian: sq Ishuj Solomon m-p, sq Ishujt Solomon m-p definite
Arabic: ar جُزُر سُلَيْمَان f-p
Armenian: hy Սողոմոնի կղզիներ p
Asturian: ast Islles Salomón
Azerbaijani: az Solomon adaları p
Bashkir: ba Соломон утрауҙары p
Belarusian: be Саламо́навы астравы́ m-p, be Саламо́навы вы́спы f-p
Bengali: bn সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
Breton: br Inizi Salomon
Bulgarian: bg Соломо́нови о́строви m-p
Burmese: my ဆော်လမွန်အိုင်းလန်း
Catalan: ca Illes Salomó f-p
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 所羅門群島 Suǒluómén Qúndǎo
Czech: cs Šalamounovy ostrovy m-p
Danish: da Salomonøerne c-p
Dutch: nl Salomonseilanden n-p
Esperanto: eo Salomonoj p
Estonian: et Saalomoni Saared p
Finnish: fi Salomonsaaret
French: fr Îles Salomon f-p
Galician: gl Illas Salomón f-p
Georgian: ka სოლომონის კუნძულები p
German: de Salomonen p, de Salomoninseln f-p
Greek: el Νήσοι Σολομώντος m-p
Hebrew: he אִיֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה m-p iyey shlomo, he איי סולומון m-p iyey solomon
Hindi: hi सोलोमन द्वीपसमूह m
Hungarian: hu Salamon-szigetek p
Icelandic: is Salómonseyjar f-p
Indonesian: id Kepulauan Solomon, id Kepulauan Salomo
Interlingua: ia Insulas Salomon
Irish: ga Oileáin Sholomón m-p
Italian: it Isole Salomone f-p
Japanese: ja ソロモン諸島 ソロモンしょとう, Soromon shotō
Kalenjin: kln Solomon
Kamba: kam Solomoni
Kazakh: kk Соломон аралдары p
Khmer: km កោះសូឡូម៉ូន kɑh sooloomoon
Kikuyu: ki Solomon
Korean: ko ^솔로몬 제도
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Giravên Salomon
Kwara'ae: kwf
Kyrgyz: ky Соломон аралдары p
Lao: lo ໝູ່ເກາະໂຊໂລມອນ
Latvian: lv Zālamana Salas f-p
Lithuanian: lt Saliamono salos f-p
Luhya: luy Solomoni
Luo: luo Solomon
Macedonian: mk Соломонови Острови m-p
Malay: ms Kepulauan Solomon
Māori: mi Ngā Motu o Horomona
Meru: mer Solomon
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Соломоны арлууд p
Navajo: nv Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
Norman: nrf Îles Solomon f-p
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Salomonøyene p
Nynorsk: nn Salomonøyane p
Pashto: ps د سلیمان جزیره
Persian: fa جزایر سلیمان p jazâyer-e soleymân
Pijin: pis Solomon Aelan
Polish: pl Wyspy Salomona nv
Portuguese: pt Ilhas Salomão f-p
Romanian: ro Insulele Solomon f-p
Romansh: rm Inslas da Salomon f-p
Russian: ru Соломо́новы Острова́ m-p
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Соломонова Острва n-p
Latin: sh Solomonova Ostrva n-p
Sinhalese: si සොලමන් දුපත්
Slovak: sk Šalamúnove ostrovy m-p
Slovene: sl Salomonovi otoki m-p
Spanish: es Islas Salomón f-p
Swahili: sw Solomoni
Swedish: sv Salomonöarna c-p
Tagalog: tl Kapuluang Solomon, tl Kapuluang Salomon
Tajik: tg ҷазираҳои Соломон p
Tatar: tt Соломон утраулары p
Thai: th หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน
Turkish: tr Solomon Adaları p
Turkmen: tk Solomon adalary p
Ukrainian: uk Соломо́нові острови́ m-p
Urdu: ur جَزائِر سُلَیمان p jazāir sulaimān
Uyghur: ug سولومون ئاراللىرى p
Uzbek: uz Solomon orollari p
Vietnamese: vi Xô-lô-môn, vi quần đảo Xô-lô-môn
Welsh: cy Ynysoedd Solomon f-p
Yiddish: yi סאָלאָמאָן־אינדזלן m-p
Yoruba: yo Etikun Solomoni
See also
en Honiara
Countries of the world
en eponyms