Etymology

Whitsunday Islands

Today it means: A group of 74 islands in the Coral Sea in Whitsunday Region, on the central coast of Queensland, Australia. Full definition →

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The story

Named by Captain James Cook when he sailed through the area on Whitsunday, 1770.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.