Guadalcanal

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/ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/

proper noun

A town in Andalusia, Spain.

OriginSpanish Guadalcanal ← Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
  2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
    1. A battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese.

Origin

  1. Arabicوَادِي الْخَانَات“Valley of the Stalls”
  2. SpanishGuadalcanal
  3. EnglishGuadalcanal

From Spanish Guadalcanal. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”).

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Translations

Arabic جُوَادَالْكَانَال
  • جُوَادَالْكَانَال (guwadalkanāl)Pacific island
Bulgarian Гуадалканал
  • Гуадалканал (Guadalkanal)Pacific island
Catalan Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Chinese Mandarin 瓜達爾卡納爾島 /瓜达尔卡纳尔岛
  • 瓜達爾卡納爾島 /瓜达尔卡纳尔岛 (Guādá'ěrkǎnà'ěr dǎo)Pacific island
Czech Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Danish Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Dutch Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Finnish Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
French Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
German Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Hebrew גוודלקנל
  • גוודלקנלPacific island
Italian Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Japanese ガダルカナル島, ガ島
  • ガダルカナル島 (Gadarukanaru-tō)Pacific island
  • ガ島 (Ga-tō)Pacific island
Korean 과달카날 섬
  • 과달카날 섬 (gwadalkanal seom)Pacific island
Norwegian Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Polish Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Portuguese Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Russian Гуадалканал
  • Гуадалканал (Guadalkanal)Pacific island
Spanish Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Swedish Guadalcanal
  • GuadalcanalPacific island
Cite this entry
APA

Guadalcanal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guadalcanal

MLA

“Guadalcanal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guadalcanal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guadalcanal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guadalcanal.

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