Adelie Coast
- proper noun
- /əˈdɛli koʊst/
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Costa Adelia
- Massive colonies of Adélie penguins can be found along the Adelie Coast.
Examples
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Scientists at the research station on the Adelie Coast study penguin behavior.
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The Adelie Coast is often visited by icebreaker ships during the Antarctic summer.
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The Adelie Coast is famous for its stunning landscapes.
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Many tourists visit the Adelie Coast to see penguins.
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Massive colonies of Adélie penguins can be found along the Adelie Coast.
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Scientists at the research station on the Adelie Coast study penguin behavior.
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The Adelie Coast is often visited by icebreaker ships during the Antarctic summer.
Synonyms
A coastal part of Antarctica south of Australia where large penguin colonies live
A coastal area of Antarctica south of Australia with many penguins
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name combines the species/place name 'Adelie' (an Antarctic penguin) with the geographic noun 'coast', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the coastal area associated with Adelie penguins. This noun+noun place-naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Adelie Coast was named by an old explorer after his wife 'Adèle'. The name is easy to remember because small black-and-white Adelie penguins are found along that coast, so today it means the Antarctic coast where these penguins live.
