Solomon Islands

After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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the Solomon Islands

2. A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands. Official name: Solomon Islands. Capital and largest city: Honiara.
4. An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

• Melanesia

• → Japanese: ソロモン諸島 (Soromon Shotō) (calque)

• Honiara
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