# Devil's Island

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
2. A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.
3. An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.

## Etymology
Devil or devil and island
* (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits
* (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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