Guadalcanal

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish Guadalcanal. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/ === Proper noun === Guadalcanal A town in Andalusia, Spain. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands. A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese. ==== Related terms ==== Guadalajara, Guadalquivir, Guadalupe, Guadiana ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡvadalkanal] === Proper noun === Guadalcanal m inan (relational adjective guadalcanalský) Guadalcanal (an island of the Pacific) ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Guadalcanal ? Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain) Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡwadalkaˈnal/ [ɡwa.ð̞al.kaˈnal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: Gua‧dal‧ca‧nal === Proper noun === Guadalcanal ? Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain) Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands)