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South Sandwich Islands en · PROPN

Etymology

From being an island group named in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Called "south" to distinguish them from the Sandwich Islands in the northern hemisphere.

Meanings

  1. An island chain in the southern Atlantic Ocean, part of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom, a British overseas territory.

Deriveds

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Relateds

south · island · Sandwich Island · Sandwich · sandwich · Sandwich Islands

Translations (2)

ka სამხრეთ სენდვიჩის კუნძულები (the islands) · el Νότιοι Σάντουιτς Νήσοι (the islands)

wikipedia: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich