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Kerguelens

Kerguelens is the ellipsis of Kerguelen Islands.

Kerguelens is the plural of Kerguelen.

Meaning of Kerguelen Islands

Proper noun

the Kerguelen Islands pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An archipelago in the Antarctic, south of the Indian Ocean in the Southern Ocean.
  2. (plural, plural-only) An overseas territory in France, including the archipelago.

Meaning of Kerguelen

Proper noun

Kerguelen (plural Kerguelens)

  1. (countable) A French surname from Breton.
    1. (countable) Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French explorer and naval officer.
  2. An archipelago of Kerguelen, Southern Ocean.
  3. An overseas territory in France, on the eponymous archipelago.

Questions about Kerguelens

What is Kerguelens the ellipsis of?
Kerguelens is the ellipsis of Kerguelen Islands.

Words near Kerguelens in the dictionary

  1. Kergloff
  2. Kerguelen
  3. Kerguelen cabbage
  4. Kerguelen cabbages
  5. Kerguelen Islands
  6. Kerguelens
  7. Kergunyah
  8. Kergunyah South
  9. keri
  10. Keri Keri
  11. keriah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kerguelens (page history and authors); Kerguelen Islands (page history and authors); Kerguelen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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