查戈斯群岛

Traditional form:

查戈斯群島

Pinyin (reading):

Chágēsī Qúndǎo

Definitions:

• Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島／迪戈·加西亚岛 ( Dígē· Jiāxīyà Dǎo) as largest island

Characters:

• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 戈 - spear, lance, halberd
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 戈 - spear, lance, halberd
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 島 - island