Solomon Islands

After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568.

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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Solomon Islands

1. A country in Melanesia.
2. An archipelago including most of the country of the Solomon Islands (though excluding the Santa Cruz Islands) and the island of Bougainville.

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