Devil's Island en · PROPN
Etymology
Devil or devil and island * (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits * (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island
Meanings
- (historical) Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
- A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.
- An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.
Deriveds
Synonyms
Devil's Islands · Isles of Devils · Isle of Devils
Translations (1)
fr Île du Diable (French Guiana)