Tortola

专有名词
/tɔːˈtəʊlə/    /toɹˈtoʊlə/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An island of the British Virgin Islands, the largest and most populated.

词源

Named after the Dutch island of Tholen with integration of the contracted preposition ter. The toponym was later (incorrectly) reinterpreted as a derivation from Spanish tórtola (“turtle dove”).
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