Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil's island

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il's is-land
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.

name

A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.

name

An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.

Etymology

Devil or devil and island * (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits * (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

Phrases

Devil's Triangle

Synonyms

Isle of Devils Isles of Devils Devil's Islands

Questions

What does devil's island mean?: Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
Where does devil's island come from?: Devil or devil and island * (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits * (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

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