Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaiser wilhelm ii land

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: kaiser wil-helm i-i -land
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Part of Antarctica, lying between Cape Penck at 87° 43'E and Cape Filchner at 91° 54'E.

Etymology

Calque of German Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. The area was discovered on 22 February 1902, during the Gauss expedition of 1901–1903 led by Arctic veteran and geologist Erich von Drygalski. Drygalski named it after the sitting Kaiser Wilhelm II who had funded the expedition with 1.2 million goldmarks.

Phrases

Kaiser-Wilhelmsland

Frequently Paired Words

Kaiser-Wilhelmsland

Questions

What does kaiser wilhelm ii land mean?: Part of Antarctica, lying between Cape Penck at 87° 43'E and Cape Filchner at 91° 54'E.
Where does kaiser wilhelm ii land come from?: Calque of German Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. The area was discovered on 22 February 1902, during the Gauss expedition of 1901–1903 led by Arctic veteran and geologist Erich von Drygalski. Drygalski named it after the sitting Kaiser Wilhelm II who had funded the expedition with 1.2 million goldmarks.

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