D'Entrecasteaux Islands

American  

[dahn-truh-ka-stoh] / dɑ̃ trə kaˈstoʊ /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in Papua New Guinea, off the E tip of New Guinea.

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D'Entrecasteaux Islands British  

/ dɑ̃trəkasto /

plural noun

1. a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific, off the SE coast of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Pop: 49 167 (1990 est). Area: 3141 sq km (1213 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

We caught curl-crested manucode, hooded butcherbirds, helmeted friarbirds, spangled drongo, and several other species we hadn’t seen since working on the mainland or the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2011

Tomorrow we sail for the Amphlett Group, small islands northeast of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2011

And then, one day as they dined with the lonely trader of an isolated station in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, he fell from his chair as if poleaxed.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph