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White Island

White Island proper noun: an island of Svalbard, Norway.

Proper noun

White Island

  1. An island of Svalbard, Norway
  2. An uninhabitable volcanic island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Origin of White Island

# Calque of Norwegian Nynorsk Kvitøya (literally “White Island”). # Named by James Cook on 1 November 1769 in reference to its white appearance, either due to the presence of volcanic steam or guano deposits.

Questions about White Island

What does White Island mean?
White Island means an island of Svalbard, Norway.
What part of speech is White Island?
White Island is a proper noun.

Words near White Island in the dictionary

  1. white information
  2. white iron
  3. white iron pyrite
  4. white iron pyrites
  5. white irons
  6. White Island
  7. White Isle
  8. White Karen
  9. white knight
  10. white knight syndrome
  11. white knighted

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