Etymology

Kangaroo Island

Today it means: An island off the coast of South Australia, the third-largest island in Australia. Full definition →

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Named in 1802 by British explorer Matthew Flinders, due to the endemic subspecies of the western grey kangaroo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.