Pourquoi Pas

proper noun

A mountainous island lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

OriginFrench pourquoi pas →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mountainous island lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

Origin

  1. Frenchpourquoi pas
  2. EnglishPourquoi Pas

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

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Chicago

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