Etymology

Pourquoi Pas

Today it means: A mountainous island lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Full definition →

French pourquoi pas
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  1. French · borrowed frompourquoi pas
  2. English todayPourquoi Pas

From French pourquoi pas (literally “why not”). Named by John Rymill, after Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas ?.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.