Editing Pelican (section)

=== National and regional symbols ===
As a cultural symbol of nations and states, the pelican holds prominent status. The great white pelican is the national bird of [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eupedia.com/europe/national_birds_flowers_europe.shtml|title= National Birds|access-date=20 July 2012 |work= List of national birds and flowers or plants of European countries|publisher=Eupedia}}</ref> The brown pelican is the national bird of three Caribbean countries—[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Barbados]], and [[Sint Maarten]]—and features on their [[coat of arms|coats of arms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bidc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=96|title=Pelican Craft Centre: Overview|access-date=21 July 2012|publisher=Barbados Investment and Development Corporation|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810102008/http://bidc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=96|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stkittsheritage.com/historic_heritage.asp |title=National Symbols: The Coat of Arms |access-date=20 July 2012 |work=Historic Heritage |publisher=St Christopher National Trust |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713073043/http://stkittsheritage.com/historic_heritage.asp |archive-date=13 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The World Factbook 2016–17 |editor=[[United States Central Intelligence Agency]] |year=2016 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |page=668 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfywxU2EnFwC&pg=PA668 |isbn=978-0-16-093327-1}}</ref> A Dalmatian pelican is also depicted on the [[Obverse and reverse|reverse]] of the Albanian 1 [[Albanian lek|lek]] coin, issued in 1996.<ref name="coin">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Albanian coins in issue in 1995, 1996 and 2000 |url=http://www.bankofalbania.org/web/Albanian_coins_of_circulation_43_2.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306234131/http://www.bankofalbania.org/web/Albanian_coins_of_circulation_43_2.php |archive-date=6 March 2009 |access-date=23 March 2009 |publisher=Bank of Albania}}</ref> In the United States, it is the state bird of [[Louisiana]], which is colloquially known as the Pelican State; the bird appears on both the [[Flag of Louisiana|state flag]] and [[Seal of Louisiana|state seal]].<ref name="OED" />
 
[[Alcatraz Island]] was given its name by the Spanish because of the large numbers of [[brown pelican]]s nesting there. The word ''alcatraz'' is itself derived from the Arabic ''al-caduos'', a term used for a water-carrying vessel and likened to the pouch of the pelican. The English name [[albatross]] is also derived by corruption of the Spanish word.<ref>{{cite book |author=Skeat, Walter W. |url=https://archive.org/stream/etymologicaldict00skeauoft#page/14/mode/2up |title=An etymological dictionary of the English Language |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1888 |edition=2nd |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Grant |first=Martin L. |year=1951 |title=The Origin of the Common Names of Birds |journal=BIOS |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=116–119}}</ref> 
[[File:Eriauchenius milajaneae (10.3897-zookeys.727.20222) Figure 16.jpg|thumb|''[[Eriauchenus milajaneae]]'', a member of Archaeidae, also known as pelican spiders. A lateral view of a female and its genitalia. ]]