Thursday Island

proper noun

An island in the Torres Strait.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island in the Torres Strait.

    Synonyms: TI

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn island in the Torres Strait.

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TI

Origin

In 1848 Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy named this island Friday Island and another island Thursday Island (presumably the days of the week on which he named them). However, in June 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort switched the two names around, probably to preserve the east–west naming sequence with the present-day Friday Island and the nearby Wednesday Island.

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APA

Thursday Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday%20Island

MLA

“Thursday Island.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday%20Island. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thursday Island,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday%20Island.

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