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Solomon Islands in other languages: Honiara, flag and provinces

Solomon Islands is the official name of the country, Solomon Aelan in Pijin, with the ISO 3166-1 codes SB, SLB and 090. Below are the name in 163 languages, the capital Honiara in 51, and the nine provinces and the Capital Territory with their capitals.

Official languagesEnglish; Pijin is the lingua franca

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 1:2

alpha-2: SB
alpha-3: SLB
numeric: 090

Solomon Islands English · Latin

Solomon Islands

Solomon Aelan Pijin · Latin

English: Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands
Capital: HoniaraHoniara

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Pijin name and the status of Pijin: Wikipedia’s Solomon Islands article, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Solomon Islands in other languages: list of exonyms

Solomon Islands in 163 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English	eng	Solomon Islands	same as written
Aragonese, Spanish	arg / spa	Islas Salomón	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz	crh / gag	Solomon Adaları / Соломон Адалары	Solomon Adaları
German, Low German	deu / nds	Salomonen, Salomoninseln	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Salomonowe kupy	same as written
Finnish, Kven	fin / fkv	Salomonsaaret	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Amazinga ya Solomoni	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Solomon Eilande	same as written
Asturian	ast	Islles Salomón	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Solomon adaları / Соломон адалары	Solomon adaları
Bislama	bis	Solomon Aelan	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Solomonska Ostrva / Соломонска Острва / سۉلۉمۉنسقا ۉستروا	Solomonska Ostrva
Breton	bre	Inizi Salomon	same as written
Catalan	cat	Illes Salomó	same as written
Czech	ces	Šalamounovy ostrovy	same as written
Cornish	cor	Ynysow Salamon	same as written
Welsh	cym	Ynysoedd Solomon	same as written
Danish	dan	Salomonøerne	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Salomonoj	same as written
Estonian	est	Saalomoni Saared	same as written
Basque	eus	Salomon uharteak	same as written
Faroese	fao	Sálomonoyggjarnar	same as written
French	fra	Îles Salomon	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Iles Salomon	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Salomonseilannen	same as written
Friulian	fur	Salomone	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Na h-Eileanan Sholaimh	same as written
Irish	gle	Na hOileáin Sholamón	same as written
Galician	glg	Illas Salomón	same as written
Manx	glv	Ny h-Ellanyn Holomon	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Salomon	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Solomonski otoci	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Salamon-szigetek	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Agwe-etiti Solomon	same as written
Interlingua	ina	Insulas Salomon	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Kepulauan Solomon	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Salómonseyjar	same as written
Italian	ita	Isole Salomone	same as written
Javanese	jav	Kapuloan Solomon	same as written
Jersey Norman French	jnf	Îles Solomon	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Solomon atawları / Соломон атаўлары	Solomon atawları
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Solomonên	same as written
Latin	lat	Insulae Salomonicae	same as written
Latvian	lav	Zālamana salas	same as written
Lingala	lin	Monɛ́nɛ ya Salomon	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Saliamono salos	same as written
Ladin	lld	Salomones	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Solomonu Solys	same as written
Luxembourgish	ltz	Salomonen, Salomoninselen	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Nosy Solomona	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Gżejjer Solomon	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Insulele Solomon / Инсулеле Соломон	Insulele Solomon
Malay	msa	Kepulauan Solomon / كڤولاوان سولومون	Kepulauan Solomon
Nahuatl	nah	Solomōn Tlātlālhuāctli	same as written
Dutch	nld	Salomonseilanden	same as written
Norwegian Nynorsk	nno	Salomonøyane	same as written
Norwegian Bokmål	nob	Salomonøyene	same as written
Novial	nov	Solomon Isles	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Îles déSalomoun	same as written
Occitan	oci	Illas Salomon	same as written
Polish	pol	Wyspy Salomona	same as written
Portuguese	por	Ilhas Salomão	same as written
Quechua	que	Salumun Wat’akuna	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Dvipa Solomon / द्वीपा सोलोमोन	Dvipa Solomon
Romansh	roh	Inslas da Salomon	same as written
Romanian	ron	Insulele Solomon	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Insulile Solomon	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Ìsuli Salamuni	same as written
Slovak	slk	Šalamúnove ostrovy	same as written
Slovio	slo	Solomonju Ostrovis / Соломонйу Островис	Solomonju Ostrovis
Slovenian	slv	Salomonovi otoki	same as written
Northern Sami	sme	Salomonsullot	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Saliamuona Saluos	same as written
Samoan	smo	Atu Solomona	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Ishujt Solomon	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Isulas Salomone	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Salomon-Oailounde	same as written
Swahili	swa	Visiwa vya Solomon	same as written
Swedish	swe	Salomonöarna	same as written
Tetum	tet	Nusar Solomon	same as written
Tongan	ton	ʻOtu Motu Solomone	same as written
Tok Pisin	tpi	Solomon Ailan	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Solomon adalary / Соломон адалары	Solomon adalary
Turkish	tur	Solomonlar, Solomon Adaları, Salamonlar, Salamon Adaları, Süleymanlar, Süleyman Adaları	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Solomon orollari / Соломон ороллари / سالامان ئاراللەرى	Solomon orollari
Vietnamese	vie	Quần đảo Xô-lô-mông	same as written
Volapük	vol	Salomonuäns	same as written
Võro	vor	Saalomoni Saarõq	same as written
Walloon	wln	Iyes Solomon	same as written
Wolof	wol	Duni Solomon	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Adey Solomoni, Gırawê Solomoni	same as written
Abkhaz	abk	Соломон адгьылбжьахақәа	Solomon adg'ylbž'aȟaḳwa
Altai	alt	Соломонов ортолыктар	Solomonov ortolyktar
Avar	ava	Соломоновал чӏинкӏиллъаби	Solomonowal č̣inḳilłabi
Bashkir	bak	Соломон утрауҙары / Solomon utrauźarı	Solomon utrauźarı
Belarusian	bel	Саламонавы астравы / Sałamonavy astravy, Саламонавы выспы / Sałamonavy vyspy	Sałamonavy astravy, Sałamonavy vyspy
Bulgarian	bul	Соломонови острови	Solomonovi ostrovi
Chechen	che	Соломон гӏайреш / Solomon ġayreş	Solomon ġayreş
Chuvash	chv	Соломон утравӗсем	Solomon utravĕsem
Kazakh, Kyrgyz	kaz / kir	Соломон аралдары / سولومون ارالدارى / Solomon araldarı	Solomon araldarı
Kabardian	kbd	Соломон хы тӏыгухэр	Solomon ȟy ṭyguȟăr
Khakas	kjh	Соломоново олтырыхтар	Solomonovo oltyryȟtar
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Адаед Сӧлемане / Adaêd Sulêmanê, Щәзиред Сӧлемане / Cezîrêd Sulêmanê, Адаед Соломоне / Adaêd Solomonê, Щәзиред Соломоне / Cezîrêd Solomonê	Adaêd Sulêmanê, Cezîrêd Sulêmanê, Adaêd Solomonê, Cezîrêd Solomonê
Komi	kom	Соломон діяс	Solomon dïjas
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Соломон айрымканла	Solomon ajrymkanla
Kumyk	kum	Соломон атавлары	Solomon atavlary
Lezgi	lez	Соломондин островар	Solomondin ostrovar
Meadow Mari	mhr	Соломон Отро-влак	Solomon Otro-vlak
Macedonian	mkd	Соломонски острови	Solomonski ostrovi
Mongolian	mon	Соломоны арлууд	Solomony arluud
Ossetian	oss	Соломоны сакъадӕхтӕ	Solomony saḳadäȟtä
Rusyn	rue	Шаламуновы островы	Šalamunovŷ ostrovŷ
Russian	rus	Соломоновы острова	Solomonovy ostrova
Yakut	sah	Соломон арыылара	Solomon aryylara
Serbian	srp	Соломонска острва / Solomonska ostrva	Solomonska ostrva
Tatar	tat	Соломон утраулары / Solomon utrawları / سولومون ئۇتراۇلارى	Solomon utrawları
Tajik	tgk	Ҷазираҳои Соломон / جزیره‌های سالامان / Çazirahoji Solomon	Çazirahoji Solomon
Tuvan	tyv	Соломон ортулуктары	Solomon ortuluktary
Udmurt	udm	Соломон шормуӵъёс	Solomon šormuč̣"jos
Ukrainian	ukr	Соломонові острови	Solomonovi ostrovy
Arabic	ara	جزر سولومون, جزائر سولومون, جزر سليمان, جزائر سليمان	Ǧuzuru Sūlūmūn, Ǧazāʾiru Sūlūmūn, Ǧuzuru Sulaymān, Ǧazāʾiru Sulaymān
South Azerbaijani	azb	سولومون آدالاری / Solomon adaları	Solomon adaları
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	دوورگەکانی سولەیمان / Dûrgekanî Suleyman	Dûrgekanî Suleyman
Persian	fas	جزایر سلیمان / Jazâyere Soleymân	Jazâyere Soleymân
Western Punjabi	pnb	سولومن آئلینڈز	Sōlōman Āʾilænḋz
Dari	prs	جزایر سلیمان	Jazāyer-e Solaymān
Pashto	pus	د سليمان ټاپوګان	də Sulaymān ṫāpōgān
Uyghur	uig	سولومون ئاراللىرى / Solomon aralliri / Соломон араллири	Solomon aralliri
Urdu	urd	جزائر سولومون	Jazāʾir-e Sōlōmōn
Dhivehi	div	ސޮލޮމޮން ޖަޒީރާ, ސޮލޮމޮން އައިލެންޑްސް	Solomon Jażīrā, Solomon Ailenḋs
Hebrew	heb	איי־שלמה, איי־סולומון	Iye-Šəlomoh, Iye-Sōlōmōn
Ladino	lad	איזלאס סאלומון / Izlas Salomon	Izlas Salomon
Yiddish	yid	סאָלאָמאָן־אינדזלען	Solomon-Indzlen
Amharic	amh	የሶሎሞን ደሴቶች	yä-Solomon dässetoč
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Νησιά Σολομώντα	Nīsiá Solomṓnta
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Νῆσοι Σολομῶντος	Nī̃soi Solomō̃ntos
Armenian	hye	Սոլոմոնյան կղզիներ, Սողոմոնի կղզիներ	Solomonyan kġziner, Soġomoni kġziner
Georgian	kat	სოლომონის კუნძულები	Solomonis kunǳulebi
Mingrelian	xmf	სოლომონიშ კოკეფი	Solomoniš kokeṗi
Hindi	hin	सोलोमन द्वीप	Soloman dvīp
Bengali	ben	সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ	Sôlomôn dbīppuñjô
Gujarati	guj	સોલોમન ટાપુઓ	Soloman ṭāpuo
Odia	ori	ସୋଲୋମୋନ୍ ଦ୍ବୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ	Solomon dbīppuñjô
Punjabi	pan	ਸੋਲੋਮੋਨ ਟਾਪੂ	Solomon ṭāpū
Sinhala	sin	සොලොමන් දිවයින්	Soloman divayin
Kannada	kan	ಸಾಲೊಮನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು	Sāloman dvīpagaḷu
Malayalam	mal	സോളമൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ, സോളമൻ ഐലന്‌റ്‌സ്	Sōḷaman dvīpukaḷ, Sōḷaman Ailanṟs
Tamil	tam	சொலொமன் தீவுகள், சாலமன் தீவுகள்	Colomaṉ tīvukaḷ, Cālamaṉ tīvukaḷ
Telugu	tel	సొలొమన్ దీవులు	Soloman dīvulu
Chinese	zho	所羅門群島/所罗门群岛	Suǒluōmén Qúndǎo
Japanese	jpn	ソロモン諸島	Soromon Shotō
Korean	kor	솔로몬제도	Sollomon Jedo
Tibetan	bod	སོ་ལོ་མོན་གླིང་ཕྲན་ཚོ་ཁག།	So.lo.mon. gliṅ.pʰran.ʦʰo.kʰag
Burmese	mya	ဆော်လမွန်ကွျန်းစု	Sʰɔlámũ Kyũsú
Thai	tha	หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน	[h]Mū̀kɔ Sōlōmɔ̄n
Khmer	khm	កោះសូឡូម៉ូន, កោះស៊ូឡូម៉ុង	Kōḥ Sūḷūmūn, Kōḥ Sūḷūmuṅ

Greek is given in the modern and the older polytonic spelling; Turkish lists six forms, built on Solomon, Salamon and Süleyman.

02 · NamesU+0160 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON

Solomon, Salomon, Šalamoun, Sulaymān: the king in the name

The official name of the state is simply Solomon Islands, without an article, and English is its only official language. The adjective in the list is Solomon Island, the currency the dollar of 100 cents. In Pijin, the lingua franca of the islands, the country is Solomon Aelan; Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea writes Solomon Ailan and Bislama of Vanuatu Solomon Aelan as well.

In other languages the name is a translation: the islands of Solomon. German has Salomonen and Salomoninseln, French Îles Salomon, Spanish Islas Salomón, Russian Соломоновы острова (Solomonovy ostrova). Many languages use their own spelling of Solomon: Czech Šalamounovy ostrovy, Hungarian Salamon-szigetek, Latvian Zālamana salas, Hebrew איי־שלמה (Iye-Šəlomoh), Persian جزایر سلیمان (Jazâyere Soleymân) and Pashto د سليمان ټاپوګان.

Honiara has no translation and changes only in its letters: Хониара in Russian, هونيارا in Arabic, 霍尼亞拉 in Chinese, ホニアラ in Japanese.

03 · Honiara

Honiara in other languages

Honiara in 51 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, Latvian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / fra / lav / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Honiara	same as written
Moldovan, Turkmen	mol / tuk	Honiara / Хониара	Honiara
Azerbaijani	aze	Xoniara / Хониара	Xoniara
Bosnian	bos	Honiara / Хониара / حۉنٖىآرا	Honiara
Esperanto	epo	Honiaro	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Honíara	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Honiyara	same as written
Malay	msa	Honiara / هونيارا	Honiara
Uzbek	uzb	Xoniara / Хониара / خانىئەرە	Xoniara
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian	bul / mon / rus	Хониара	Ȟoniara
Bashkir	bak	Хониара / Xoniara	Xoniara
Belarusian	bel	Ханіяра / Chanijara	Chanijara
Chuvash	chv	Хониарӑ	Ȟoniară
Kazakh	kaz	Хониара / حونيارا / Xonïara	Xonïara
Kabardian	kbd	Хониарэ	Ȟoniară
Kyrgyz	kir	Хониара / حونئارا / Honiara	Honiara
Ossetian	oss	Хониарӕ	Ȟoniarä
Serbian	srp	Хониара / Honiara	Honiara
Tatar	tat	Хониара / Xoniara / خونىئارا	Xoniara
Tajik	tgk	Хониара / خانیئره / Xoniara	Xoniara
Ukrainian	ukr	Хоніара	Ȟoniara
Arabic	ara	هونيارا, هنيارا	Hūniyārā, Huniyārā
South Azerbaijani	azb	خونیارا / Xoniara	Xoniara
Persian	fas	هونیارا / Honiyârâ	Honiyârâ
Pashto	pus	هونيارا	Hōniyārā
Uyghur	uig	ھونىئارا / Honiara / Хониара	Honiara
Urdu	urd	ہونیارا	Hōniyārā
Hebrew	heb	הוניארה	Hōnīʾarah
Yiddish	yid	האָניאַראַ	Honyara
Amharic	amh	ሆኒያራ	Honiyara
Greek	ell	Χονιάρα	Ȟoniára
Armenian	hye	Հոնիարա	Honiara
Georgian	kat	ჰონიარა	Honiara
Bengali	ben	হোনিয়ারা	Honiyārā
Kannada	kan	ಹೋನಿಯಾರ	Hōniyāra
Malayalam	mal	ഹൊനിയര	Honiyara
Tamil	tam	ஹோனியாரா	Hōṉiyārā
Chinese	zho	霍尼亞拉/霍尼亚拉	Huòníyàlā
Japanese	jpn	ホニアラ	Honiara
Korean	kor	호니아라	Honiara
Thai	tha	โฮนีอารา	Hōniyārā
Khmer	khm	អ៊ូនៀរ៉ា	Ūnierā

04 · Provinces

The 9 provinces of Solomon Islands and the Capital Territory

Solomon Islands is divided into nine provinces and the Capital Territory of Honiara. Each row gives the English name, which is also the official one, and the provincial capital.

Solomon Islands, ISO 3166-2:SB: 9 provinces and 1 capital territory
ISO 3166-2	English	English	Administrative centre	Change
Provinces9
SB-CE	Central Province	Central Province	TulagiTulagi
SB-CH	Choiseul Province	Choiseul Province	Taro IslandTaro Island
SB-GU	Guadalcanal Province	Guadalcanal Province	HoniaraHoniara
SB-IS	Isabel Province	Isabel Province	BualaBuala
SB-MK	Makira-Ulawa Province	Makira Province	KirakiraKirakira	Listed as Makira Province in the 2017 edition of this list
SB-ML	Malaita Province	Malaita Province	AukiAuki
SB-RB	Rennell and Bellona Province	Rennell and Bellona Province	TigoaTigoa
SB-TE	Temotu Province	Temotu Province	LataLata
SB-WE	Western Province	Western Province	GizoGizo
Capital territory1
SB-CT	Capital Territory	Capital Territory (Honiara)	HoniaraHoniara

Codes: ISO 3166-2:SB, as tabulated in Wikipedia’s ISO 3166-2:SB, checked 28 October 2026; ISO added Choiseul and Rennell and Bellona on 17 April 2007 and writes Makira-Ulawa. Capitals: the 2017 edition of this list.

05 · Provinces

Nine provinces in ISO 3166-2 since 2007

ISO 3166-2 added two provinces in April 2007, Choiseul and Rennell and Bellona, which brought the count to nine. Makira Province appears in ISO under its full name, Makira-Ulawa.

Honiara is counted twice: as the Capital Territory, SB-CT, with its own code, and as the seat of Guadalcanal Province. The other capitals include Gizo for Western Province, Auki for Malaita and Lata for Temotu; Choiseul is governed from Taro Island and Rennell and Bellona from Tigoa.

06 · Questions

Questions about the names of Solomon Islands

What is the official name of the Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, without the article; in Pijin it is Solomon Aelan.

What is Solomon Islands called in German?

Salomonen, or Salomoninseln.

How many provinces does Solomon Islands have?

Nine, plus the Capital Territory of Honiara, coded SB-CE to SB-WE and SB-CT in ISO 3166-2.