La Désirade
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Spanish La Deseada, derived from the feminine participle of desear (“desire, wish for”). Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, allegedly because the island was the first land seen by Columbus and his crew after leaving the Canary Islands.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- An island, commune, and dependency of Guadeloupe, France.
Derived terms
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- French terms calqued from Spanish
- French terms derived from Spanish
- French terms coined by Christopher Columbus
- French coinages
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ad
- Rhymes:French/ad/4 syllables
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French multiword terms
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Islands
- fr:Communes of France
- fr:Dependent territories of France
- fr:Places in France