Solomon Islands (archipelago)
The Solomon Islands are a Melanesian archipelago in the South-Western Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. The archipelago covers the province of Bougainville Island, an autonomous province of Papua New Guinea and the nation state of Solomon Islands.
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Famous quotes containing the words solomon and/or islands:
“Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.”
—Bible: Hebrew Song of Solomon 4:1.
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)