Ascension Island

English

Etymology

From its discovery on Ascension Day in the year 1503 CE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛnʃən ˌaɪ̯lənd/

Proper noun

Ascension Island

1. An island, in the South Atlantic and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Translations

an island in the South Atlantic

• Arabic: جَزِيرَة أَسِنْسِيُون f (jazīrat ʔasensiyōn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿森松島／阿森松岛 (zh) (Āsēnsōng dǎo)

• French: île de l’Ascension f
• German: Insel Ascension f
• Greek: Νήσος Αναλήψεως f (Nísos Analípseos)
• Irish: Oileán na Deascabhála m
• Japanese: アセンション島 (Asenshon-tō)
• Korean: 어센션 섬 (Eosensyeon seom)
• Portuguese: Ilha de Ascensão f
• Russian: о́стров Вознесе́ния (ru) m (óstrov Voznesénija)
• Ukrainian: о́стрів Вознесі́ння m (óstriv Voznesínnja)

Further reading

• Ascension Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia