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Thursday Island

Thursday Island proper noun: an island in the Torres Strait.

Proper noun

Thursday Island

  1. An island in the Torres Strait.
    Synonyms:
    TI

Synonyms of Thursday Island

Origin of Thursday Island

In 1848 Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy named this island Friday Island and another island Thursday Island (presumably the days of the week on which he named them). However, in June 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort switched the two names around, probably to preserve the east–west naming sequence with the present-day Friday Island and the nearby Wednesday Island.

Questions about Thursday Island

What does Thursday Island mean?
Thursday Island means an island in the Torres Strait.
What part of speech is Thursday Island?
Thursday Island is a proper noun.

Words near Thursday Island in the dictionary

  1. Thurs
  2. Thursa
  3. Thursby
  4. Thursbys
  5. Thursday
  6. Thursday Island
  7. Thursday of Mysteries
  8. Thursdayish
  9. Thursdayness
  10. Thursdays
  11. thurse

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