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Whitsunday Islands

Whitsunday Islands proper noun: a group of 74 islands in the Coral Sea in Whitsunday Region, on the central coast of Queensland, Australia.

Proper noun

Whitsunday Islands

  1. A group of 74 islands in the Coral Sea in Whitsunday Region, on the central coast of Queensland, Australia.

Origin of Whitsunday Islands

Named by Captain James Cook when he sailed through the area on Whitsunday, 1770.

Questions about Whitsunday Islands

What does Whitsunday Islands mean?
Whitsunday Islands means a group of 74 islands in the Coral Sea in Whitsunday Region, on the central coast of Queensland, Australia.
What part of speech is Whitsunday Islands?
Whitsunday Islands is a proper noun.

Words near Whitsunday Islands in the dictionary

  1. Whitsun Tide
  2. Whitsun Tuesday
  3. Whitsun-night
  4. Whitsun-nights
  5. Whitsunday
  6. Whitsunday Islands
  7. Whitsundays
  8. Whitsuns
  9. Whitsuntide
  10. Whitsuntides
  11. Whitt

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