paskalya adası

Turkish - English

Definition of paskalya adası in Turkish English dictionary

easter island

Easter Island Known locally as Ra·pa Nu·i (räpə nç).An island of Chile in the southern Pacific Ocean about 3,701 km (2,300 mi) west of the mainland. Inhabited by Polynesians since the fifth century A.D. and discovered by Dutch explorers on Easter Day, 1722, the island is famous for its hieroglyphic tablets and colossal heads carved from volcanic rock. The ancient remains have inspired many legends and theories, though it is now generally accepted that they were produced by the Polynesian inhabitants during a period from roughtly 1000 to 1600

Hyphenation

pas·kal·ya a·da·sı