Pakleni Islands
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pakleni-islands-204-19133653
title:
Pakleni Islands
text:
The Pakleni or sometimes referred as Paklinski islands are located off the southwest coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the entrance to the Hvar (city) harbour. Usual local name is Škoji, which means Islands. The name is popularly translated as Hells' islands, but it originally derives from paklina, an archaic word, from which pakleni is derived. too. "Paklina" means "tar", and in this case refers to the pine resin once used to coat ships that was harvested on these islands.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakleni_Islands
date created:
2008-03-18T16:17:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T07:55:47Z
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13
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