Carvel Rock
Syllables: Car·vel Rock/ˈkɑːvɪl ˈrɒk/
Carvel Rock proper noun: an island of the British Virgin Islands.
Proper noun
Carvel Rock
- An island of the British Virgin Islands.
- An island of the United States Virgin Islands.
Origin of Carvel Rock
Several theories exist about the origin of the names of the islets: * The islets are shaped roughly like a caravel; * The islets were mistaken for a hostile caravel by sailors and were entered as such on early maps; * A vessel mistook the islet(s) for a hostile caravel and opened fire on it; * The islets were used as a target for artillery practice and/or a way to unload ammunition before travelling to demilitarised islands.
Words that rhyme with Carvel Rock
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about Carvel Rock
- What does Carvel Rock mean?
- Carvel Rock means an island of the British Virgin Islands.
- What part of speech is Carvel Rock?
- Carvel Rock is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Carvel Rock?
- Carvel Rock is pronounced /ˈkɑːvɪl ˈrɒk/.
Words near Carvel Rock in the dictionary
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