Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands ¹

An island group of the western Pacific Ocean east of New Guinea. Inhabited primarily by Melanesian peoples since at least 2000 b.c., these volcanic islands were first visited by European explorers in the 1560s and were divided between Germany and Great Britain in the late 19th century. Australia assumed control of the northern islands in 1920. Today the northern Solomons are part of Papua New Guinea. The southern islands are an independent country.

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Solomon Islands ²

A country comprising the Solomon Islands southeast of Bougainville. European planters and missionaries began arriving in the 18th and 19th centuries. The southern islands became a British protectorate in 1893, which later extended to the northern group. The islands became self-governing in 1976 and achieved independence in 1978. Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island, is the capital. Population: 567,000.

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Solomon Islands

pl n

(Placename) an independent state in the SW Pacific comprising an archipelago extending for almost 1450 km (900 miles) in a northwest-southeast direction: the northernmost islands of the archipelago (Buka and Bougainville) form part of Papua New Guinea; the main islands are Guadalcanal, Malaita, San Cristobal, New Georgia, Santa Isabel, and Choiseul: a member of the Commonwealth. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Solomon Islands dollar. Capital: Honiara. Pop.: 480 000 (2001 est.). Area: 29 785 sq. km (11 500 sq. miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Solomon Islands - the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth Bougainville - the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea Solomons, Solomon Islands - the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth Honiara - national capital of Solomon Islands
	2.	Solomon Islands - the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth Solomons Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania Guadalcanal - a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth Solomon Islands - the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth

Translations

Solomon Islands [ˌsɒləməmˈaɪləndz] npl
the Solomon Islands → les Salomon fpl, les îles fpl Salomon

Solomon Islands npl the Solomon Islands → le isole Salomone

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Solomon Islands npl the Solomon Islands → le isole Salomone