"Ascension Island" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈsɛnʃən ˌaɪ̯lənd/
Etymology: From its discovery on Ascension Day in the year 1503 CE. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Ascension Island}} Ascension Island
  1. An island, in the South Atlantic and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Categories (place): Ascension Island, Islands Translations (an island in the South Atlantic): جَزِيرَة أَسِنْسِيُون (jazīrat ʔasensiyōn) [feminine] (Arabic), 阿森松島 /阿森松岛 (Āsēnsōng dǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), île de l’Ascension [feminine] (French), Insel Ascension [feminine] (German), Νήσος Αναλήψεως (Nísos Analípseos) [feminine] (Greek), Oileán na Deascabhála [masculine] (Irish), アセンション島 (Asenshon-tō) (Japanese), 어센션 섬 (Eosensyeon seom) (Korean), Ilha de Ascensão [feminine] (Portuguese), о́стров Вознесе́ния (óstrov Voznesénija) [masculine] (Russian), о́стрів Вознесі́ння (óstriv Voznesínnja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "an island in the South Atlantic",
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