Apple Isle

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Avalon.
    — The journey involved a quest for the mysterious Avalon, the Apple Isle — home of immortality and hidden wisdom.
  2. Tasmania. Australia,informal
    — Less esteemed was her attempt to drive all snakes from the Apple Isle by paying convicts a shilling for each reptilian head brought to her.

词形变化

the Apple Isle canonical

词源

From apple + isle.
* (Avalon): Translation of Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”), Geoffrey of Monmouth's alternative name for Insula Avallonis.
* (Tasmania): A reference to Tasmania's former status as an important apple grower and exporter. Possibly influenced by a supposed resemblance of the map of Tasmania to the shape of an apple.
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