Paaseiland
Dutch
editEtymology
editCompound of Pasen (“Easter”) + eiland (“island”). Coined by Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722, in the spelling Paasch-Eyland.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPaaseiland n
- Easter Island [from 1720s]
Descendants
edit- → English: Easter Island (calque)