# Guadalcanal

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/ · frequency rank #49,956

## Definitions
1. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
3. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.

## Etymology
From Spanish Guadalcanal. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`gaudalcanal`, `gguadalcanal`, `guaadlcanal`, `guadaclanal`, `guadalacnal`, `guadalcaanl`, `guadalcanall`, `guadalcanla`, `guadalcannal`, `guadalccanal`, `guadalcnaal`, `guadallcanal`, `guaddalcanal`, `guadlacanal`, `gudaalcanal`, `ugadalcanal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/guadalcanal