- Thursday Island
- geographical name island NE Australia off N Queensland in Torres Strait
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Thursday Island
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Thursday Island — Landsat Bild von Thursday Island (unten) und Hammond Island (oben) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thursday Island — Australian island in Torres Strait: 1.25 sq mi (3.24 sq km) … English World dictionary
Thursday Island — (spr. thörsdĕ eilännd), Port Kennedy, Insel, 50 km von der nordöstlichsten Spitze Australiens (Kap York) entfernt, (1903) 1515 E … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Thursday Island — 10° 34′ 44″ S 142° 13′ 12″ E / 10.579, 142.22 … Wikipédia en Français
Thursday Island — /θɜzdeɪ ˈaɪlənd/ (say therzday uyluhnd) noun an island in Torres Strait, north east of Prince of Wales Island; administrative and commercial headquarters of Torres Strait. 3 km2. The traditional inhabitants of Thursday Island are the Muralag… …
Thursday Island, Queensland — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Thursday Island state = qld caption = View of the Township of Thursday Island lga = Shire of Torres postcode = 4875 est = pop = 2,682 elevation= 8.0 maxtemp = 30.2 mintemp = 24.2 rainfall = 1716.5… … Wikipedia
Thursday Island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 2283; 11/2 sq. mi. (4 sq. km). * * * ▪ island, Queensland, Australia island in the Torres Strait off northern Queensland, Australia. It is… … Universalium
THURSDAY ISLAND — a small island in Normanby Sound, Torres Strait, belonging to Queensland, and used as a Government station; has a fine harbour, Port Kennedy, largely used for the Australian transit trade; also the centre of valuable pearl fisheries … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Thursday Island — Thurs′day Is′land n. geg an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km) … From formal English to slang
Thursday Island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 2283; 11/2 sq. mi. (4 sq. km) … Useful english dictionary
