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Definition of Solomons
1. Noun. The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth.
Group relationships: Melanesia
Terms within: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Definition of Solomons
1. Noun. (plural of Solomon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solomons
Literary usage of Solomons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"BY LM solomons. The experiments of which a provisional account is given here were
the outgrowth of an effort to determine whether least perceptible ..."
2. Emblemes and Epigrames ... by Francis Thynne, Frederick James Furnivall (1876)
"36 (74) solomons witt. ... 4 But what is like, is not the same, as all menn well
doe finde : Soe thow hast not solomons witt in all points of his minde. ..."
3. Emblemes and Epigrames ... by Francis Thynne, Frederick James Furnivall (1876)
"36 (74) solomons witt. ... 4 But what is like, is not the same, as all menn well
doe finde : Soe thow hast not solomons witt in all points of his minde. ..."
4. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"... solomons. rushed by the natives. The captain and crew succeeded in getting
away in the whale-boats, and the bushmen and salt-water men looted her clean ..."
5. The History of the Melanesian Mission by E. S. Armstrong (1900)
"The Bishop announced the appointment of Mr. Woodford as Deputy Commissioner for
the solomons, and explained how this would affect Florida. ..."
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