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thursday island

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
thurs-day is-land
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island in the Torres Strait.

Etymology

In 1848 Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy named this island Friday Island and another island Thursday Island (presumably the days of the week on which he named them). However, in June 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort switched the two names around, probably to preserve the east–west naming sequence with the present-day Friday Island and the nearby Wednesday Island.

Synonyms

TI

Questions

What does thursday island mean?
An island in the Torres Strait.
Where does thursday island come from?
In 1848 Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy named this island Friday Island and another island Thursday Island (presumably the days of the week on which he named them). However, in June 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort switched the two names around, probably to preserve the east–west naming sequence with the present-day Friday Island and the nearby Wednesday Island.

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