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Kerguelen
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Kerguélen
English
Etymology
From en fr Kerguelen, from en br Kergelen.
Proper noun
s
en countable en Breton French.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French explorer and naval officer.
A placename
en @ellipsis of:Kerguelen Plateau microcontinent/and/large igneous province ocean/Southern Ocean.
en Kerguelen Islands.
en archipelago microcontinent/Kerguelen ocean/Southern Ocean.
en overseas territory c/France on the eponymous archipelago.
en @ellipsis of:Kerguelen Island island river:suf/Loire in commune/Ancenis dept/Loire-Atlantique r/Pays de la Loire c/France.
Derived terms
en Kerguelen cabbage Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Plateau Kerguelen-Heard Plateau Kerguelen hotspot
Translations
surname
Breton: br Kergelen
French: fr Kerguelen
French
Alternative forms
fr Kerguélen Kergelen Kergélen
Etymology
From fr br Kergelen, from br Gergelenn.
Pronunciation
Kerguélenn
Proper noun
fr manor parish/Saint-Thois commune/Saint-Thois dept/Finistère r/Brittany c/France, the origin of the surname, and hence, later placenames.
fr habitational Breton Kerguelen
a placename
fr @ellipsis of:Plateau des Kerguelen<eq:Kerguelen Plateau> microcontinent/and/large igneous province ocean/Southern Ocean
fr @ellipsis of:Archipel Kerguelen,Îles Kerguelen<eq:Kerguelen Islands> archipelago microcontinent/Kerguelen ocean/Southern Ocean
fr @ellipsis of:Îles Kerguelen<eq:Kerguelen Islands> overseas territory c/France on the eponymous archipelago
fr @ellipsis of:Île Kerguelen<eq:Kerguelen Island> island commune/Ancenis dept/Loire-Atlantique r/Pays de la Loire c/France on the river:Suf/Loire
Derived terms
fr chou de Kerguelen Plateau des Kerguelen Archipel Kerguelen Îles Kerguelen Île Kerguelen point chaud des Kerguelen anse de Kerguelen Otarie de Kerguelen Cormoran des Kerguelen
Descendants
mul Kerguelen Facula
en Kerguelen