Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pelagian islands

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: pela-gian is-lands
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of three islands (Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa) belonging to Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily.

Example Sentences

"This cannot be said of Linosa, an island with four volcanic peaks to the west of Malta, and still less of the Pelagian Islands."

Etymology

Calque of Latin Īnsulae Pelagiae.

Inflected Forms

the Pelagian Islands (canonical)

Synonyms

Pelagies Pelagie Pelagie Islands

Questions

What does pelagian islands mean?: A group of three islands (Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa) belonging to Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily.
Where does pelagian islands come from?: Calque of Latin Īnsulae Pelagiae.

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