ABC-øyene

Etymology
, the first part comes from the first letters of the three islands, and  for the first definition, alternatively the three islands ,  and  in ,  for the second definition. Last part is the definite plural of, from , from , from earlier , from.

Noun

 * 1) ABC Islands, a common term for the three islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao in the Leeward Islands
 * 2) a common term for the three islands of Admiralty Island, Baranof Island and Chichagof Island in Alaska, USA