Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal largest of the Solomon Islands, discovered 1568 by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira and named for his hometown in Spain. The place name contains the Spanish form of Arabic wadi "river" which occurs in other Spanish place names (e.g. Guadalajara, from Arabic Wadi Al-Bajara "River of the Stones," either a parallel formation to or ultimately a translation of the ancient Iberian name for the river that gave the place its earlier name, based on caruca "stony;" Guadalquivir, from Arabic Al-Wadi Al-Kabir "Big River;" and Guadalupe, from the Arabic river word and the Roman name of the river, Lupus, lit. "wolf").

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  • Guadalcanal — n. 1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942 1943), in which American forces invaded the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Guadalcanal — (spr. ŭadalkanāl), Stadt in der span. Provinz Sevilla, Bezirk Cazalla de la Sierra, in einem Hochtal der Sierra Morena an der Eisenbahn Sevilla Merida, mit Wein und Ölbau und (1900) 5786 Einw. Der ehedem berühmte Silberbergbau ist aufgelassen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Guadalcanal — une des îles Salomon; 35 000 hab. Les Japonais, qui l occupèrent en juil. 1942, l abandonnèrent aux Américains en fév. 1943 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Guadalcanal —    Guadalcanal, one the larger Solomon Islands, was attacked by the U.S. Navy and Marines on 7 August 1942 to prevent Japan from building an airfield enabling attacks on Australia during World War II. The assault was followed by a series of naval …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

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