- a volcanic island in the South Pacific, the largest of the Solomon Islands.布干维尔岛（南太平洋上一座火山岛, 所罗门群岛中最大的岛屿）。
词源
named after Louis Bougainville （see BOUGAINVILLE2 ）, who visited it in 1768.
- Bougainville2, Louis Antoine de (1729-1811), French explorer. Bougainville led the first French circumnavigation of the globe 1766- 9, visiting many of the islands of the South Pacific and compiling an invaluable scientific record of his findings.布干维尔, 路易斯·安托尼（1729-1811, 法国探险家, 1766-1769年期间领导了首次法国环球航行, 多次到达南太平洋地区的岛屿, 并留下了珍贵的航海纪录）。