Kwajalein
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Kwajalein, from Marshallese Kuwajleen.
Pronunciation edit
Much less common pronunciations include /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌliːn/, /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌleɪn/ or /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌlaɪn/. These are all very scarce among the atoll's English-speaking residents. American English is usually spoken by Kwajalein island's American expatriate population, which has the father-bother merger; for accents without this merger (including Received Pronunciation), /ˈkwɒd͡ʒəlɪn/ is a possible realization. This is not technically wrong, because the aforementioned father-bother merger makes this pronunciation indistinguishable from /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/. Indeed, the name of Kwajalein island's primary hotel, the Kwaj Lodge, is a wordplay on Kwaj and lodge rhyming.
Proper noun edit
Kwajalein
- Kwajalein atoll.
- Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Marshallese Kuwajleen.
Proper noun edit
Kwajalein
- Kwajalein (an atoll in the Marshall Islands)
- Kwajalein (an island in Kwajalein atoll, in the Marshall Islands)
Descendants edit
- → English: Kwajalein