GALAPAGOS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Galapagos mean? • GALAPAGOS (noun)
The noun GALAPAGOS has 1 sense:
1. a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
Familiarity information: GALAPAGOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GALAPAGOS (noun)
Meaning:
A group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Galapagos; Galapagos Islands
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Galapagos" is a part of...):
Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)
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