Easter Island

English

Etymology

Named by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th century Dutch for "Easter Island"). The island's official Spanish name, Isla de Pascua, also means "Easter Island".

Proper noun

Easter Island

An island in the south Pacific, belonging to Chile famous for its moai monuments.

Translations

Island in the Pacific

Arabic: جَزِيرَة عِيد اَلْفِصْح‎‎ f (jazīra(t) ʿīd al-fiṣḥ), جَزِيرَة الْفِصْح‎‎ (jazīra(t) al-fiṣḥ)
Armenian: Զատկի կղզի (Zatki kłzi)
Belarusian: востраў Пасхі m (vóstraŭ Pásxi)
Bulgarian: Великденски остров m (Velikdenski óstrov)
Catalan: illa de Pasqua f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 復活節島, 复活节岛 (fuk⁶ wut⁶ zit³ dou²)

Mandarin: 復活節島 (zh), 复活节岛 (zh) (Fùhuójiédǎo)

Min Nan: 閣活節島, 阁活节岛 (Koh-oa̍h-choeh-tó, Koh-oa̍h-cheh-tó)
Cornish: Ynys Pask
Czech: Velikonoční ostrov m
Danish: Påskeøen
Dutch: Paaseiland (nl) n
Esperanto: Paskinsulo (eo)
Estonian: Lihavõttesaar
Finnish: Pääsiäissaari (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Ila de Pâques f
French: île de Pâques (fr) f
Galician: Illa de Pascua f
German: Osterinsel (de) f
Greek: Νησί του Πάσχα n (Nisí tou Páscha)
Hebrew: אי הפסחא‎‎ m (i ha-pasħa)
Icelandic: Páskaeyja
Ido: Pasko-Insulo

Indonesian: Pulau Paskah
Italian: Isola di Pasqua f
Japanese: イースター島 (Īsutā-tō)
Korean: 이스터 섬 (Iseuteo seom)
Latin: insula Paschae f
Lithuanian: Velykų sala f
Macedonian: Велигденски Остров m (Velígdenski Óstrov)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} il-Gżira ta' l-Għid , ^{(please verify)} il-Gżira Easter
Norwegian: Påskeøya
Persian: جزیره ایستر‎‎ (jazire ister)
Polish: Wyspa Wielkanocna (pl) f
Portuguese: Ilha de Páscoa (pt) f
Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui
Russian: о́стров Па́схи m (óstrov Pásxi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ускршње острво n, Ускршњи оток m

Roman: Uskršnje ostrvo n, Uskršnji otok m, Uskršnji otoci
Sicilian: ìsula di Pasqua f
Slovak: Veľkonočný ostrov m
Spanish: Isla de Pascua (es) f
Swedish: Påskön (sv)
Turkish: Paskalya Adası (tr)
Ukrainian: острів Пасхи m (óstriv Pásxy)
Vietnamese: Đảo Phục Sinh

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