Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands proper noun: an archipelago off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
Proper noun
Galapagos Islands
- An archipelago off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
Galapagos Islands meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
Galapagos Islands in Tamil
- கலபகோஸ் தீவுகள்
Galapagos Islands in Indonesian
- Ecuadorian archipelago
- Kepulauan Galapagos
Forms of Galapagos Islands
| alternative form | Galápagos Islands |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Galapagos |
| alternative form | Galápagos |
| alternative form | Galapago Islands |
Origin of Galapagos Islands
From Spanish islas Galápagos, first attested as New Latin insulae de los galopegos (“islands of the turtles”) in Abraham Ortelius's 1570 atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, from a variant spelling of Spanish galápago (“turtle”), from Paleo-Hispanic. Cf. Catalan calàpet (“toad”) and Portuguese cágado (“turtle”).
Questions about Galapagos Islands
- What does Galapagos Islands mean?
- Galapagos Islands means an archipelago off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
- What is Galapagos Islands in Tamil?
- Galapagos Islands in Tamil is கலபகோஸ் தீவுகள். See Galapagos Islands meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Galapagos Islands?
- Galapagos Islands is a proper noun.
Words near Galapagos Islands in the dictionary
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