galapagos

1. 1.

   a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life

   SynonymsGalapagos Islands

   Broaderisland

   Part ofEcuador

Other forms of galapagos

plural

galapagoses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about galapagos

What does galapagos mean?

galapagos means "a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life".

How many syllables are in galapagos?

galapagos has 4 syllables: ga-la-pa-gos. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ɡəˈlɑpəɡoʊz/.

What is another word for galapagos?

Close synonyms include Galapagos Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galapagos a common word?

galapagos is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.