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admiralty islands

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
ad-mi-ral-ty is-lands
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.

Etymology

Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy at the time.

Synonyms

Admiralties

Questions

What does admiralty islands mean?
A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.
Where does admiralty islands come from?
Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy at the time.

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