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Pepys Island

Pepys Island proper noun: a phantom island, now believed to have been a misidentified account of the Falkland Islands.

Proper noun

Pepys Island

  1. A phantom island, now believed to have been a misidentified account of the Falkland Islands.

Origin of Pepys Island

Named after Samuel Pepys.

Questions about Pepys Island

What does Pepys Island mean?
Pepys Island means a phantom island, now believed to have been a misidentified account of the Falkland Islands.
What part of speech is Pepys Island?
Pepys Island is a proper noun.

Words near Pepys Island in the dictionary

  1. peptotoxin
  2. peptotoxine
  3. peptotoxines
  4. peptotoxins
  5. Pepys
  6. Pepys Island
  7. Pepysian
  8. Peqin
  9. Pequannock
  10. Pequeno
  11. Pequenos

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