איי שלמה

Hebrew

Etymology

Calque of English Solomon Islands, from אִיֵּי־ (iyé-, “islands of”) + שְׁלֹמֹה (shlomó, “Solomon”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

אִיֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה • (iyé shlomó) m pl

  1. Solomon Islands (a country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)
  2. Solomon Islands (an archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea).
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