Definition of Solomons

1. Noun. The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth.

Exact synonyms: Solomon Islands
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

Solidago sempervirens
Solidago spathulata
Solidarity
Solingen
Solo man
Solomon
Solomon's-seal
Solomon's seal
Solomon Guggenheim
Solomon Gundy
Solomon Hurok
Solomon Islander
Solomon Islanders
Solomon Islands
Solomonic
Solomons (current term)
Solon
Solong
Solothurn
Solovian
Solresol
Sols
Solvay
Solvay process
Solway Firth
Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsynian
Somal
Somali peninsula

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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