Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands

Etymology

After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.

Pronunciation

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Solomon Islands

A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands. Official name: Solomon Islands. Capital and largest city: Honiara.
An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Holonyms

Melanesia

Translations

a country in Melanesia

Afrikaans: Salomonseilande
Albanian: Ishuj Solomon m pl, Ishujt Solomon m pl (definite)
Arabic: جُزُر سُلَيْمَان f pl (juzur sulaymān)
Armenian: Սողոմոնի կղզիներ pl (Soġomoni kġziner)
Azerbaijani: Solomon adaları (az) pl
Bashkir: Соломон утрауҙары pl (Solomon utrawźarı)
Belarusian: Саламо́навы астравы́ m pl (Salamónavy astravý), Саламо́навы вы́спы f pl (Salamónavy výspy)
Bengali: সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (bn) (śolōmon dippunjo)
Breton: Inizi Salomon
Bulgarian: Соломо́нови о́строви m pl (Solomónovi óstrovi)
Burmese: ဆော်လမွန်အိုင်းလန်း (hcaula.mwan-uing:lan:)
Catalan: Illes Salomó f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所羅門群島／所罗门群岛 (zh) (Suǒluómén Qúndǎo)
Czech: Šalamounovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
Danish: Salomonøerne (da) c pl
Dutch: Salomonseilanden (nl) n pl
Esperanto: Salomonoj (eo) pl
Estonian: Saalomoni Saared (et) pl
Finnish: Salomonsaaret (fi)
French: Îles Salomon (fr) f pl
Galician: Illas Salomón (gl) f pl
Georgian: სოლომონის კუნძულები (ka) pl (solomonis ḳunʒulebi)
German: Salomonen (de) pl, Salomoninseln (de) f pl
Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντος (el) m pl (Nísoi Solomóntos)
Hebrew: אִיֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה m pl (iyey shlomo), איי סולומון m pl (iyey solomon)
Hindi: सोलोमन द्वीप m pl (soloman dvīp)
Hungarian: Salamon-szigetek (hu) pl
Icelandic: Salómonseyjar (is) f pl
Indonesian: Kepulauan Solomon (id), Kepulauan Salomo (id)
Interlingua: Insulas Salomon
Irish: Oileáin Sholomón m pl
Italian: Isole Salomone (it) f pl
Japanese: ソロモン諸島 (ja) (ソロモンしょとう, Soromon shotō)
Kalenjin: Solomon
Kamba: Solomoni
Kazakh: Соломон аралдары (kk) pl (Solomon araldary)
Khmer: កោះសូឡូម៉ូន (kɑh sooloomoon)
Kikuyu: Solomon
Korean: 솔로몬 제도 (Sollomon jedo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Giravên Salomon
Kwara'ae: please add this translation if you can
Kyrgyz: Соломон аралдары pl (Solomon araldarı)
Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະໂຊໂລມອນ (mū kǫ sō lō mǭn)
Latvian: Zālamana Salas f pl
Lithuanian: Saliamono salos (lt) f pl
Luhya: Solomoni
Luo: Solomon
Macedonian: Соломонови Острови m pl (Solomonovi Ostrovi)
Malay: Kepulauan Solomon
Maori: Ngā Motu o Horomona
Meru: Solomon
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Соломоны арлууд pl (Solomony arluud)
Navajo: Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
Norman: Îles Solomon f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Salomonøyene pl

Nynorsk: Salomonøyane pl
Pashto: د سلیمان جزیره
Persian: جزایر سلیمان pl (jazâyer-e soleymân)
Pijin: Solomon Aelan
Polish: Wyspy Salomona (pl) nvir
Portuguese: Ilhas Salomão (pt) f pl
Romanian: Insulele Solomon f pl
Romansch: Inslas da Salomon f pl
Russian: Соломо́новы Острова́ (ru) m pl (Solomónovy Ostrová)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Соломонова Острва n pl

Roman: Solomonova Ostrva n pl
Sinhalese: සොලමන් දුපත් (solaman dupat)
Slovak: Šalamúnove ostrovy m pl
Slovene: Salomonovi otoki m pl
Spanish: Islas Salomón (es) f pl
Swahili: Solomoni (sw)
Swedish: Salomonöarna (sv) c pl
Tagalog: Kapuluang Solomon, Kapuluang Salomon
Tajik: ҷазираҳои Соломон pl (jazirahoyi Solomon)
Tatar: Соломон утраулары pl (Solomon utrawları)
Thai: หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน (th) (mùu-gɔ̀ soo-loo-mɔ̂n)
Turkish: Solomon Adaları (tr) pl
Turkmen: Solomon adalary pl
Ukrainian: Соломо́нові острови́ m pl (Solomónovi ostrový)
Urdu: جَزائِر سُلَیمان pl (jazāir sulaimān)
Uyghur: سولومون ئاراللىرى pl (solomon aralliri)
Uzbek: Solomon orollari pl
Vietnamese: Xô-lô-môn, quần đảo Xô-lô-môn
Welsh: Ynysoedd Solomon f pl
Yiddish: סאָלאָמאָן־אינדזלן m pl (solomon-indzln)
Yoruba: Etikun Solomoni