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Wrangel Island

Wrangel Island proper noun: an island of Russia in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea.

wrangel island: an island of Russia in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea
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Proper noun

Wrangel Island

  1. An island of Russia in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea.

Origin of Wrangel Island

Named after Baltic German explorer Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel. See Wikipedia article on Wrangel Island for explanation.

Questions about Wrangel Island

What does Wrangel Island mean?
Wrangel Island means an island of Russia in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea.
What part of speech is Wrangel Island?
Wrangel Island is a proper noun.

Words near Wrangel Island in the dictionary

  1. wran
  2. wrang
  3. wrang out one's sock
  4. Wrangaton
  5. Wrangbrook
  6. Wrangel Island
  7. Wrangell
  8. wrangle
  9. wrangled
  10. wrangledst
  11. wrangler

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