near islands meaning in English
near islands
Examples
- Historically, the range extended west to the Near Islands, but possibly due to nest predation by introduced foxes, the birds were no longer breeding in the area by the mid-1930s.
Historiquement, son aire de répartition s'étendait à l'est jusqu'aux Near Islands mais, possiblement à cause de l'introduction de renards, il n'y avait plus d'adultes reproducteurs au milieu des années 1930. - The islands were named Near Islands by Russian explorers in the 18th century because they were the nearest of the Aleutian Islands to Russia.
Le nom de Near Islands provient des explorateurs russes qui les découvrirent au XVIIIe siècle, car ce sont les îles de l'archipel des Aléoutiennes les plus proches de la Russie (near signifie proche en anglais).