Solomon Islands

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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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Proper noun

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.

Holonyms

• Melanesia

Translations

a country in Melanesia

• Afrikaans: Salomonseilande
• Albanian: Ishuj Solomon m pl, Ishujt Solomon m pl (definite)
• Arabic: جُزُر سُلَيْمَان f pl (juzur sulaymān)
• Armenian: Սողոմոնի կղզիներ pl (Soġomoni kġziner)
• Azerbaijani: Solomon adaları (az) pl
• Bashkir: Соломон утрауҙары pl (Solomon utrawźarı)
• Belarusian: Саламо́навы астравы́ m pl (Salamónavy astravý), Саламо́навы вы́спы f pl (Salamónavy výspy)
• Bengali: সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (bn) (śolōmon dippunjo)
• Breton: Inizi Salomon
• Bulgarian: Соломо́нови о́строви m pl (Solomónovi óstrovi)
• Burmese: ဆော်လမွန်အိုင်းလန်း (hcaula.mwan-uing:lan:)
• Catalan: Illes Salomó f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所羅門群島／所罗门群岛 (zh) (Suǒluómén Qúndǎo)

• Czech: Šalamounovy ostrovy (cs) m pl
• Danish: Salomonøerne (da) c pl
• Dutch: Salomonseilanden (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: Salomonoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Saalomoni Saared (et) pl
• Finnish: Salomonsaaret (fi)
• French: Îles Salomon (fr) f pl
• Galician: Illas Salomón (gl) f pl
• Georgian: სოლომონის კუნძულები (ka) pl (solomonis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Salomonen (de) pl, Salomoninseln (de) f pl
• Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντος (el) m pl (Nísoi Solomóntos)
• Hebrew: אִיֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה m pl (iyey shlomo), איי סולומון m pl (iyey solomon)
• Hindi: सोलोमन द्वीप m pl (soloman dvīp)
• Hungarian: Salamon-szigetek (hu) pl
• Icelandic: Salómonseyjar (is) f pl
• Indonesian: Kepulauan Solomon (id), Kepulauan Salomo (id)
• Interlingua: Insulas Salomon
• Irish: Oileáin Sholomón m pl
• Italian: Isole Salomone (it) f pl
• Japanese: ソロモン諸島 (ja) (ソロモンしょとう, Soromon shotō)
• Kalenjin: Solomon
• Kamba: Solomoni
• Kazakh: Соломон аралдары (kk) pl (Solomon araldary)
• Khmer: កោះ​សូឡូម៉ូន (kɑh sooloomoon)
• Kikuyu: Solomon
• Korean: 솔로몬 제도 (Sollomon jedo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Giravên Salomon

• Kwara'ae: please add this translation if you can
• Kyrgyz: Соломон аралдары pl (Solomon araldarı)
• Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະໂຊໂລມອນ (mū kǫ sō lō mǭn)
• Latvian: Zālamana Salas f pl
• Lithuanian: Saliamono salos (lt) f pl
• Luhya: Solomoni
• Luo: Solomon
• Macedonian: Соломонови Острови m pl (Solomonovi Ostrovi)
• Malay: Kepulauan Solomon
• Maori: Ngā Motu o Horomona
• Meru: Solomon
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Соломоны арлууд pl (Solomony arluud)

• Navajo: Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
• Norman: Îles Solomon f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Salomonøyene pl

  Nynorsk: Salomonøyane pl

• Pashto: د سلیمان جزیره
• Persian: جزایر سلیمان pl (jazâyer-e soleymân)
• Pijin: Solomon Aelan
• Polish: Wyspy Salomona (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: Ilhas Salomão (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Insulele Solomon f pl
• Romansch: Inslas da Salomon f pl
• Russian: Соломо́новы Острова́ (ru) m pl (Solomónovy Ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Соломонова Острва n pl

  Roman: Solomonova Ostrva n pl

• Sinhalese: සොලමන් දුපත් (solaman dupat)
• Slovak: Šalamúnove ostrovy m pl
• Slovene: Salomonovi otoki m pl
• Spanish: Islas Salomón (es) f pl
• Swahili: Solomoni (sw)
• Swedish: Salomonöarna (sv) c pl
• Tagalog: Kapuluang Solomon, Kapuluang Salomon
• Tajik: ҷазираҳои Соломон pl (jazirahoyi Solomon)
• Tatar: Соломон утраулары pl (Solomon utrawları)
• Thai: หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน (th) (mùu-gɔ̀ soo-loo-mɔ̂n)
• Turkish: Solomon Adaları (tr) pl
• Turkmen: Solomon adalary pl
• Ukrainian: Соломо́нові острови́ m pl (Solomónovi ostrový)
• Urdu: جَزائِر سُلَیمان pl (jazāir sulaimān)
• Uyghur: سولومون ئاراللىرى pl (solomon aralliri)
• Uzbek: Solomon orollari pl
• Vietnamese: Xô-lô-môn, quần đảo Xô-lô-môn
• Welsh: Ynysoedd Solomon f pl
• Yiddish: סאָלאָמאָן־אינדזלן m pl (solomon-indzln)
• Yoruba: Etikun Solomoni

See also

• Honiara
• Countries of the world