noun
Guadalcanal
gwah-duhl-kuh-NAHL
noun
1
A large island in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, the site of a major World War II battle between Japanese and American forces.
"The Battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in the Pacific War."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known today as the Pacific island where a famous WWII battle was fought.
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Etymology
Named in 1568 by a Spanish explorer after his hometown in Spain, whose own name comes from Arabic for "valley of the stalls."