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D'Urville Island

D'Urville Island proper noun: an island on the outer edge of the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.

Proper noun

D'Urville Island

  1. An island on the outer edge of the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.
  2. The northernmost island of the Joinville Island group in Antarctica.

Origin of D'Urville Island

Both islands are named after Jules Dumont d'Urville.

Questions about D'Urville Island

What does D'Urville Island mean?
D'Urville Island means an island on the outer edge of the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.
What part of speech is D'Urville Island?
D'Urville Island is a proper noun.

Words near D'Urville Island in the dictionary

  1. D'Orleans
  2. d'rection
  3. d'rections
  4. d's
  5. D'Souza
  6. D'Urville Island
  7. D'var Torah
  8. d'y'all
  9. d'y'ask
  10. d'y'ave
  11. d'ya

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