Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

savage islands

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: sav-age is-lands
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean, a part of Portugal. The main island of the archipelago is Selvagem Grande.

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese Ilhas Selvagens. According to R. Hennig, on old maps may be known as Satanazes, St. Luis and Salirosa, as a result of misspellings of its name, although the real islands were probably discovered somewhat after the Satanazes name occurs for the first time, being only hypothetical before it.

Inflected Forms

Selvagens Islands (alternative) Salvage Islands (alternative)

Questions

What does savage islands mean?: An archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean, a part of Portugal. The main island of the archipelago is Selvagem Grande.
Where does savage islands come from?: Calque of Portuguese Ilhas Selvagens. According to R. Hennig, on old maps may be known as Satanazes, St. Luis and Salirosa, as a result of misspellings of its name, although the real islands were probably discovered somewhat after the Satanazes name occurs for the first time, being only hypothetical before it.

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