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Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island proper noun: a subantarctic island lying approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania, governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia.

Proper noun

Macquarie Island

  1. A subantarctic island lying approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania, governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia.

Origin of Macquarie Island

Named after Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.

Questions about Macquarie Island

What does Macquarie Island mean?
Macquarie Island means a subantarctic island lying approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania, governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia.
What part of speech is Macquarie Island?
Macquarie Island is a proper noun.

Words near Macquarie Island in the dictionary

  1. Macquaria
  2. Macquarie
  3. Macquarie Fields
  4. Macquarie Heads
  5. Macquarie Hills
  6. Macquarie Island
  7. Macquarie lily
  8. Macquarie Links
  9. Macquarie Marshes
  10. Macquarie Park
  11. Macquarie perch

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