Meanings
proper noun
- An island and external territory of Australia, located on the Indian Ocean.
Like the rest of Australia, the Heard and McDonald Islands, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island are now subject to a tariff of 10%.
2025 April 4, Ottlie Mitchell, Tiffanie Turnbull, “'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025, retrieved 04 Sep 2026 - Kiritimati, an island of Kiribati.
Going to Christmas island may take several days with a stop in Fiji on the way and on return.
2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance^(https://web.archive.org/web/20190819052204/https://www.mfed.gov.ki/sites/default/files/2015%20Population%20Census%20Report%20Volume%201(final%20211016).pdf), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019, page 25
Translations
Afrikaans Kerseiland
- Kerseilandexternal territory of Australia
Arabic جَزِيرَة الكْرِيسْمَاس
- جَزِيرَة الكْرِيسْمَاس (jazirat al-krismas)external territory of Australia
Basque Christmas uhartea
- Christmas uharteaexternal territory of Australia
Bengali বড়দিন জিঞ্জিরা
- বড়দিন জিঞ্জিরা (bôṛôdin jiñzira)external territory of Australia
Bulgarian остров Рождество
- остров Рождество (ostrov Roždestvo)external territory of Australia
Catalan Illa Christmas
- Illa Christmasexternal territory of Australia
Chinese Cantonese 聖誕島 /圣诞岛
- 聖誕島 /圣诞岛 (sing³ daan³ dou²)external territory of Australia
Chinese Mandarin 聖誕島 /圣诞岛, 聖誕島 /圣诞岛
- 聖誕島 /圣诞岛 (Shèngdàn dǎo)external territory of Australia
- 聖誕島 /圣诞岛 (Shèngdàndǎo)Kiritimati
Czech Vánoční ostrov
- Vánoční ostrovexternal territory of Australia
Danish Juleøen, Christmas Island
- Juleøenexternal territory of Australia
- Christmas Islandexternal territory of Australia
Dutch Christmaseiland, Kersteiland
- Christmaseilandexternal territory of Australia
- Kersteilandexternal territory of Australia
Esperanto Kristnaskinsulo
- Kristnaskinsuloexternal territory of Australia
Estonian Jõulusaar
- Jõulusaarexternal territory of Australia
Finnish Joulusaari
- Joulusaariexternal territory of Australia
French île Christmas, île Noël
- île Christmasexternal territory of Australia
- île Noëlexternal territory of Australia
German Weihnachtsinsel
- Weihnachtsinselexternal territory of Australia
Greek Νήσος των Χριστουγέννων
- Νήσος των Χριστουγέννων (Nísos ton Christougénnon)external territory of Australia
Hebrew אִי חַג הַמּוֹלָד
- אִי חַג הַמּוֹלָד (í khág ha-molád)external territory of Australia
Hindi क्रिसमस द्वीप
- क्रिसमस द्वीप (krismas dvīp)external territory of Australia
Hungarian Karácsony-sziget
- Karácsony-szigetexternal territory of Australia
Icelandic Jólaeyja
- Jólaeyjaexternal territory of Australia
Indonesian Pulau Natal
- Pulau Natalexternal territory of Australia
Irish Oileán na Nollag
- Oileán na Nollagexternal territory of Australia
Italian Isola del Natale
- Isola del Nataleexternal territory of Australia
Japanese クリスマス島
- クリスマス島 (Kurisumasu-tō)external territory of Australia
Korean 크리스마스 섬
- 크리스마스 섬 (Keuriseumaseu seom)external territory of Australia
Latin Insula Christi Natalis
- Insula Christi Natalisexternal territory of Australia
Latvian Ziemsvētku sala
- Ziemsvētku salaexternal territory of Australia
Lithuanian Kalėdų sala
- Kalėdų salaexternal territory of Australia
Malay Pulau Krismas
- Pulau Krismasexternal territory of Australia
Norwegian Bokmål Christmasøya
- Christmasøyaexternal territory of Australia
Polish Wyspa Bożego Narodzenia
- Wyspa Bożego Narodzeniaexternal territory of Australia
Portuguese Ilha Christmas, Ilha do Natal
- Ilha Christmasexternal territory of Australia
- Ilha do Natalexternal territory of Australia
Punjabi ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ ਟਾਪੂ
- ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ ਟਾਪੂ (krismas ṭāpū)external territory of Australia
Romanian Insula Crăciunului
- Insula Crăciunuluiexternal territory of Australia
Russian о́стров Рождества́
- о́стров Рождества́ (óstrov Roždestvá)external territory of Australia
Slovak Vianočný ostrov
- Vianočný ostrovexternal territory of Australia
Spanish Isla de Navidad
- Isla de Navidadexternal territory of Australia
Swahili Kisiwa cha Krismasi
- Kisiwa cha Krismasiexternal territory of Australia
Swedish Julön
- Julönexternal territory of Australia
Tagalog Pulo ng Christmas
- Pulo ng Christmasexternal territory of Australia
Tamil கிறிஸ்துமசு தீவு
- கிறிஸ்துமசு தீவு (kiṟistumacu tīvu)external territory of Australia
Thai เกาะคริสต์มาส
- เกาะคริสต์มาส (gòr krít-mâat)external territory of Australia
Turkish Christmas Adası
- Christmas Adasıexternal territory of Australia
Ukrainian о́стрів Різдва́
- о́стрів Різдва́ (óstriv Rizdvá)external territory of Australia
Vietnamese đảo Giáng sinh
- đảo Giáng sinhexternal territory of Australia
Welsh Ynys y Nadolig
- Ynys y Nadoligexternal territory of Australia
Cite this entry
APA
Christmas Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20Island
MLA
“Christmas Island.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20Island. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmas Island,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20Island.
Source: Christmas Island on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.