Tristan da Cunha

American  

[tris-tuhn duh koo-nuh, koon-yuh] / ˈtrɪs tən də ˈku nə, ˈkun yə /

noun

1. a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).

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Tristan da Cunha British  

/ də ˈkuːnjə /

noun

1. a group of four small volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, about halfway between South Africa and South America: comprises the main island of Tristan and the uninhabited islands of Gough, Inaccessible, and Nightingale; discovered in 1506 by the Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha; annexed to Britain in 1816; whole population of Tristan evacuated for two years after the volcanic eruption of 1961. Pop: 264 (2010 est). Area: about 100 sq km (40 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Last Friday, Tristan da Cunha, a tiny, remote island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean announced that it was creating one of the largest protected ocean areas in the world.

From NewsForKids.net • Jan. 25, 2022

I wonder how it would read to an outsider, though, or to someone as unfamiliar with the American South as I am with an app-breaking destination called Tristan da Cunha?

From Slate • May 2, 2019

That ship was burned, and the prisoners were landed on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2015

In the Great shearwater colony on Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, there’s such competition for burrow space that some birds are forced to give up and lay their eggs on the surface of the ground.

From Scientific American • Feb. 10, 2013

Thus, if this friend still wishes to settle in the Island of Tristan da Cunha, he would welcome it being done.

From Unfolding Destiny by Shoghi Effendi