Admiralty Islands

English

Etymology

Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy (and therefore him) at the time.

Proper noun

Admiralty Islands

1. A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.

Synonyms

• Admiralties

 

Translations

group of islands

• Armenian: Ծովակալության կղզիներ (hy) (Covakalutʻyan kġziner)
• Dutch: Admiraliteitseilanden
• French: îles de l’Amirauté
• German: Admiralitätsinseln (de)
• Portuguese: Ilhas do Almirantado f pl
• Russian: острова́ Адмиралте́йства (ostrová Admiraltéjstva)