Devil's Island

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释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.

  3. 3.

    An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.

词源

Devil or devil and island * (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits * (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

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