St Helena
/hɪˈliːnə/- a solitary island in the South Atlantic, a British overseas territory; pop. 7,600 (est. 2009); official language, English; capital, Jamestown. It was administered by the East India Company from 1659 until 1834, when it became a British colony. Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and Gough Island are dependencies of St Helena. It is famous as the place of Napoleon's exile (1815-21) and death.圣赫勒拿岛（南大西洋上的一个孤岛, 为英国海外领地, 2009年估计人口7,600; 官方语言英语, 首府詹姆斯敦; 1659年至1834年间由英国东印度公司管理, 随后成为英国殖民地; 阿森松岛, 特里斯坦-达库尼亚群岛和高夫岛为其所属岛屿; 它因拿破仑流放于此[1815-1821]并死于此而闻名）。
派生词
St Helenian
adjective & noun词源
so named when it was discovered by the Portuguese on the feast day of St Helena, 21 May, 1502.