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Choiseul

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Choi·seul  (shwä-zl)
One of the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean southeast of Bougainville Island. It was under German control from 1886 to 1899.
Choiseul (French) [ʃwazœl]
n
(Placename) an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq. km (1500 sq. miles)
Choiseul2
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(Biographies / Choiseul, Étienne François (1719-1785) M, French, POLITICS: statesman) Étienne François (etjɛn frɑ̃swɑ), Duc de. 1719-85, French statesman; foreign minister (1758-70)
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Round Moun Usborne, at a height of from 1000 to 1500 feet above the sea about half of some of the herds are mouse or lead-coloured a tint which is not common in other parts of the island Near Port Pleasant dark brown prevails, whereas south o Choiseul Sound (which almost divides the island into tw parts), white beasts with black heads and feet are the mos common: in all parts black, and some spotted animals ma be observed.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
His Santa Cruz boat's-crew escaped in the whale-boat to Choiseul, and Mather, in the Lily, sailed over to Marovo.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
Thence, bearing generally south-east and making slow progress in the dead beat to windward, the Ariel dropped anchor in nearly every harbour of the Solomons, from Choiseul and Ronongo islands, to the islands of Kulambangra, Vangunu, Pavuvu, and New Georgia.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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