Guadalcanal — (Sevilla): Municipio de la provincia de Sevilla, (España). Provincia de Guadalcanal, una de las provincias de las Islas Salomón. Guadalcanal (Islas Salomón): Es la mayor de las islas Salomón en el suroeste del océano Pacífico, situada en la… … Wikipedia Español
Guadalcanal — n. 1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942 1943), in which American forces invaded the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guadalcanal — ● Guadalcanal (Sevilla): Municipio de la provincia de Sevilla, (España). ● Guadalcanal (Islas Salomón): Es la mayor de las islas Salomón en el suroeste del océano Pacífico. ● Batalla de Guadalcanal: batalla de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en… … Enciclopedia Universal
Guadalcanal — [gwɔdlkə næl], die größte Insel des Staates Salomoninseln im westlichen Pazifischen Ozean, 5 336 km2, 107 000 Einwohner; Hauptstadt ist Honiara. Die Insel ist gebirgig (vulkanischen Ursprungs) und bewaldet, im Mount Makarakomburu 2 447 m über… … Universal-Lexikon
Guadalcanal — the largest island in the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. There was a lot of fighting on Guadalcanal between Japanese and Allied forces during World War II … Dictionary of contemporary English
Guadalcanal — Guadalcanal, Stadt in der spanischen Provinz Badajoz, Silber u. Bleiminen; 4500 Ew … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Guadalcanal — Guadalcanāl, Stadt in der span. Prov. Sevilla, in der Sierra Morena, (1900) 5786 E … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Guadalcanal — une des îles Salomon; 35 000 hab. Les Japonais, qui l occupèrent en juil. 1942, l abandonnèrent aux Américains en fév. 1943 … Encyclopédie Universelle
Guadalcanal — largest of the Solomon Islands, discovered 1568 by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira and named for his hometown in Spain. The place name contains the Spanish form of Arabic wadi river which occurs in other Spanish place names (e.g.… … Etymology dictionary
Guadalcanal — Guadalcanal, one the larger Solomon Islands, was attacked by the U.S. Navy and Marines on 7 August 1942 to prevent Japan from building an airfield enabling attacks on Australia during World War II. The assault was followed by a series of naval … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era