Dictionary

Galapagos Islands en · PROPN

Etymology

From Spanish islas Galápagos, first attested as New Latin insulae de los galopegos (“islands of the turtles”) in Abraham Ortelius's 1570 atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, from a variant spelling of Spanish galápago (“turtle”), from Paleo-Hispanic. Cf. Catalan calàpet (“toad”) and Portuguese cágado (“turtle”).

Meanings

1. An archipelago off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

Forms

Hyponyms

Fernandina (official names) · King Charles's Island (former names) · Indefatigable (alternative names) · Tower (alternative names) · North Seymour (official names) · Chavez (former names) · Tortuga (official names) · Santa Cruz (official names) · Española (official names) · Hood (alternative names) · Salvador (former names) · Chatham (alternative names) · Crossman (official names) · Caldwell (official names) · Bartolomé (official names) · Albemarle (alternative names) · Santa Maria (former names) · Bartholomew (alternative names) · Watson (official names) · Jervis (alternative names) · Daphne Major (official names) · Wolf (official names) · Duke of York's Island (former names) · Isabela (official names) · Pinzón (official names) · Eden (official names) · South Seymour (alternative names) · Charles (alternative names) · San Clemente (former names) · Wenman (alternative names) · Rábida (official names) · Redonda (official names) · San Cristóbal (official names) · Duncan (alternative names) · South Plaza (official names) · Nameless (official names) · Genovesa (official names) · Macgowen (official names) · Bolivia (former names) · Santa Fe (official names) · Gardner (official names) · Darwin (official names) · Enderby (official names) · San Salvador (former names) · Floreana (official names) · Barrington (alternative names) · Culpepper (alternative names) · Louis (alternative names) · Baltra (official names) · Guy Fawkes (official names) · Narborough (alternative names) · Pinta (official names) · Norfolk (former names) · Bindloe (alternative names) · Duke of Norfolk's Island (former names) · Santiago (official names) · Marchena (official names)

Translations (23)

es islas Galápagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · es Archipiélago de Colón (Ecuadorian archipelago) · cmn 科隆群島 /科隆群岛 (Ecuadorian archipelago) · fi Galápagossaaret (Ecuadorian archipelago) · ga Oileáin Galápagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · cmn 加拉巴哥群島 /加拉巴哥群岛 (Ecuadorian archipelago) · es Archipiélago de la Ecuador (Ecuadorian archipelago) · is Galápagoseyjar (Ecuadorian archipelago) · et Galápagose Saared (Ecuadorian archipelago) · ro Insulele Galapagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · ja ガラパゴス諸島 (Ecuadorian archipelago) · cs Galapágy (Ecuadorian archipelago) · pl Galapagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · ca illes Galápagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · fr îles Galápagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · el Νησιά Γκαλαπάγκος (Ecuadorian archipelago) · cmn 加拉帕戈斯群島 /加拉帕戈斯群岛 (Ecuadorian archipelago) · id Kepulauan Galapagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · it Galapagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · es Archipiélago de Ecuador (Ecuadorian archipelago) · pt ilhas Galápagos (Ecuadorian archipelago) · de Galapagosinseln (Ecuadorian archipelago) · ru Галапаго́сские острова́ (Ecuadorian archipelago)

wikipedia: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum · wikipedia: Abraham Ortelius