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Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island proper noun: an island off the coast of South Australia, the third-largest island in Australia.

Proper noun

Kangaroo Island

  1. An island off the coast of South Australia, the third-largest island in Australia.
  2. Kangaroo Island Council, the local government area on the island in South Australia.

Origin of Kangaroo Island

Named in 1802 by British explorer Matthew Flinders, due to the endemic subspecies of the western grey kangaroo.

Words formed from Kangaroo Island

Questions about Kangaroo Island

What does Kangaroo Island mean?
Kangaroo Island means an island off the coast of South Australia, the third-largest island in Australia.
What part of speech is Kangaroo Island?
Kangaroo Island is a proper noun.

Words near Kangaroo Island in the dictionary

  1. kangaroo fucker
  2. kangaroo fuckers
  3. kangaroo grass
  4. kangaroo grasses
  5. Kangaroo Ground
  6. Kangaroo Island
  7. Kangaroo Island emu
  8. Kangaroo Island emus
  9. kangaroo jacket
  10. kangaroo jackets
  11. kangaroo meat

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