Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kerguelen islands

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: ker-gue-len is-lands
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago in the Antarctic, south of the Indian Ocean in the Southern Ocean.

name

An overseas territory in France, including the archipelago.

Etymology

Coined by British Navy officer James Cook in 1776. Named after French Navy officer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797), who discovered the islands in 1772.

Inflected Forms

the Kerguelen Islands (canonical, plural)

Phrases

Kerguelen Island

Frequently Paired Words

Kerguelen Island

Synonyms

Desolation Islands

Questions

What does kerguelen islands mean?: An archipelago in the Antarctic, south of the Indian Ocean in the Southern Ocean.
Where does kerguelen islands come from?: Coined by British Navy officer James Cook in 1776. Named after French Navy officer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797), who discovered the islands in 1772.

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