Kerguelen
See also: Kerguélen
English
Etymology
From French Kerguelen, from Breton Kergelen.
Proper noun
Kerguelen (plural Kerguelens)
- (countable) A French surname from Breton.
- Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French explorer and naval officer.
- A placename
- Ellipsis of Kerguelen Plateau.; A microcontinent and large igneous province in the Southern Ocean
- Ellipsis of Kerguelen Islands.
- An archipelago in Kerguelen, Southern Ocean
- An overseas territory of France, on the eponymous archipelago
- Ellipsis of Kerguelen Island.; An island in the Loire river in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France
Derived terms
- Kerguelen cabbage
- Kerguelen-Heard Plateau
- Kerguelen hotspot
- Kerguelen Island
- Kerguelen Islands
- Kerguelen Plateau
Translations
surname
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French
Alternative forms
- Kerguélen, Kergelen, Kergélen
Etymology
From Breton Kergelen, from Gergelenn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛʁ.ɡe.lɛn/
Proper noun
Kerguelen ?
- A manor in Saint-Thois parish, Saint-Thois, Finistère department, Bretagne, France, the origin of the surname, and hence, later placenames.
- a habitational surname, Kerguelen, from Breton
- a placename
- Ellipsis of Plateau des Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Plateau (a microcontinent and large igneous province in the Southern Ocean)
- Ellipsis of Archipel Kerguelen (Îles Kerguelen).; Kerguelen Islands (an archipelago in Kerguelen, Southern Ocean)
- Ellipsis of Îles Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Islands (an overseas territory of France, on the eponymous archipelago)
- Ellipsis of Île Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Island (an island in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France, on the Loire River)
Derived terms
- anse de Kerguelen
- Archipel Kerguelen
- chou de Kerguelen
- Cormoran des Kerguelen
- Île Kerguelen
- Îles Kerguelen
- Otarie de Kerguelen
- Plateau des Kerguelen
- point chaud des Kerguelen
Descendants
- Translingual: Kerguelen Facula
- English: Kerguelen
- Italian: otaria orsina delle Kerguelen