Admiralty Islands en · PROPN
Etymology
Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy at the time.
Meanings
- 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
Translations (7)
de Admiralitätsinseln (group of islands) · pl Wyspy Admiralicji (group of islands) · nl Admiraliteitseilanden (group of islands) · hy Ծովակալության կղզիներ (group of islands) · pt Ilhas do Almirantado (group of islands) · fr îles de l'Amirauté (group of islands) · ru острова́ Адмиралте́йства (group of islands)