Marshall Islands

English

Etymology

Islands named after John Marshall.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːʃəl ˈaɪləndz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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Proper noun

the Marshall Islands

2. A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.

Derived terms

• Marshallese

Translations

Republic of the Marshall Islands

• Afrikaans: Marshalleilande
• Arabic: جُزُر مَارْشَال f pl (juzur maršal)
• Armenian: Մարշալյան Կղզիներ pl (Maršalyan Kġziner)
• Belarusian: Марша́лавы Астравы́ m pl (Maršálavy Astravý)
• Breton: Inizi Marshall
• Bulgarian: Маршалови острови m pl (Maršalovi ostrovi)
• Catalan: illes Marshall (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬紹爾群島／马绍尔群岛 (zh) (Mǎshào'ěr qúndǎo)

• Czech: Marshallovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
• Danish: Marshalløerne (da)
• Dutch: Marshalleilanden (nl)
• Esperanto: Marŝala Insularo, Marŝaloj
• Estonian: Marshalli Saared (et)
• Fijian: Yatu Masela
• Finnish: Marshallinsaaret (fi)
• French: îles Marshall (fr) f pl
• Galician: Illas Marshall (gl)
• German: Marshallinseln (de) f pl
• Greek: Νήσοι Μάρσαλ (el) f pl (Nísoi Mársal)
• Hawaiian: Mākala ʻAilana
• Hebrew: איי מרשל (Iyey Marshal)
• Hungarian: Marshall-szigetek (hu)
• Interlingua: Insulas Marshall
• Irish: Oileáin Marshall m pl
• Italian: Isole Marshall f pl
• Japanese: マーシャル諸島 (ja) (Māsharu shotō)
• Korean: 마셜 제도 (ko) (Masyeol jedo)
• Latin: Insulae Marsalienses f pl
• Latvian: Māršala Salas f pl
• Lithuanian: Maršalo Salos (lt)
• Macedonian: Маршалови Острови m pl (Maršalovi Ostrovi)
• Malay: Kepulauan Marshall
• Marshallese: M̧ajeļ
• Norman: Îles Marshall f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Marshalløyene

  Nynorsk: Marshalløyane

• Polish: Wyspy Marshalla (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilhas Marshall (pt)
• Romanian: Insulele Marshall (ro)
• Romansch: Inslas da Marshall f pl
• Russian: Марша́лловы Остро́ва (ru) m pl (Maršállovy Ostróva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Маршалова Острва n pl, Маршалска острва

  Roman: Maršalova Ostrva n pl, Maršalska ostrva, Maršalovi Otoci (sh)

• Slovene: Marshallovi otoki
• Spanish: Islas Marshall (es) f pl
• Swedish: Marshallöarna (sv)
• Tamil: மார்ஷல் தீவுகள் (mārṣal tīvukaḷ)
• Tatar: Marshall Utırawları
• Thai: หมู่เกาะมาร์แชลล์ (th) (mùu-gɔ̀ maa-chɛɛl)
• Turkish: Marshall Adaları (tr)
• Turkmen: Marşal Adalary
• Ukrainian: Маршалові острови (Maršalovi ostrovy)
• Urdu: مارشل آئلینڈ (mārśal āilaiṇḍ)
• Vietnamese: Quần đảo Mác-san
• Yoruba: Etikun Máṣali

See also

• Countries of the world
• Marshall Islands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia