Kerguelen

From French Kerguelen, from Breton Kergelen.

Kerguelen (plural Kerguelens)

1. (countable) A French surname from Breton.
   1. Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French explorer and naval officer.
2. A placename
   1. Ellipsis of Kerguelen Plateau.; A microcontinent and large igneous province in the Southern Ocean
   2. Ellipsis of Kerguelen Islands.
      1. An archipelago in Kerguelen, Southern Ocean
      2. An overseas territory of France, on the eponymous archipelago
   3. Ellipsis of Kerguelen Island.; An island in the Loire river in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France

• Kerguélen, Kergelen, Kergélen

From Breton Kergelen, from Gergelenn.

• IPA^(key): /kɛʁ.ɡe.lɛn/

Kerguelen ?

1. A manor in Saint-Thois parish, Saint-Thois, Finistère department, Bretagne, France, the origin of the surname, and hence, later placenames.
2. a habitational surname, Kerguelen, from Breton
3. a placename
   1. Ellipsis of Plateau des Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Plateau (a microcontinent and large igneous province in the Southern Ocean)
   2. Ellipsis of Archipel Kerguelen (Îles Kerguelen).; Kerguelen Islands (an archipelago in Kerguelen, Southern Ocean)
   3. Ellipsis of Îles Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Islands (an overseas territory of France, on the eponymous archipelago)
   4. Ellipsis of Île Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Island (an island in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France, on the Loire River)

• Translingual: Kerguelen Facula
• English: Kerguelen
• Italian: otaria orsina delle Kerguelen