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Solomon Islands

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An island group of the western Pacific Ocean east of New Guinea. Inhabited primarily by Melanesian peoples since at least 2000 BC, these volcanic islands were first visited by European explorers in the 1560s and were divided between Germany and Great Britain in the late 1800s. 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.
  • A country comprising the Solomon Islands southeast of Bougainville. European planters and missionaries began arriving in the 1800s. The islands became a British protectorate beginning in 1893. The islands became self-governing in 1976 and achieved independence in 1978. Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island, is the capital.

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  • proper noun A country in Melanesia. Official name: Solomon Islands.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
  • noun the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth

Etymologies

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After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.

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Examples

  • In mid-1975, the name Solomon Islands officially replaced that of British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

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  • In mid-1975, the name Solomon Islands officially replaced that of British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

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  • In mid-1975, the name Solomon Islands officially replaced that of British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

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  • In mid-1975, the name Solomon Islands officially replaced that of British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

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  • It's a tall order for a country that only seven months ago thought the Solomon Islands was a dangerous assignment.

    The Aussie Posse 2008

  • The Solomon Islands is a group of islands of volcanic origin with basement rocks formed along a spreading mid-ocean ridge some time between the late Cretaceous and early Eocene.

    East Rennell, Solomon Islands 2008

  • Mr. Colegate said many manufacturers had already started growing an H1N1 strain that is in the current vaccine, known as Solomon Islands, because it was the one component thought least likely to change.

    Flu-Vaccine Change Risks Delivery Delay 2008

  • Our leadership of the regional intervention in the Solomon Islands is the highest profile initiative in this field.

    Launch of the Australian Aid White Paper 2006

  • Professor DAVID KENNEDY (Author, "Freedom From Fear"): Well, I went to -- the most memorable of those trips, actually, was to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, which is a very difficult place to reach, you know, physically.

    Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression & War 1999

  • Australia has a valuable relationship with the Solomon Islands, which is a close regional neighbour and a partner in regional activities.

    DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 1997

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