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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A volcanic island of central Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Port-Vila, Vanuatu's capital, is on the island.

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Examples

  • Gideon George, manager of the Havannah Eco Lodge on the northwest coast of Vanuatu's main Efate island, facing the earthquake's epicentre, said there had been no damage.

    6.5 Quake Strikes Sea Floor NW of Vanuatu David Fickling 2011

  • On 9 October, she arrived at Wellington, New Zealand, departing on the 27th, for Efate, the staging area for the Tarawa assault.

    ALBERT NELSON CAIN 2010

  • (I flew Air Vanuatu from Auckland, New Zealand, to the capital city of Port Vila, on the island of Efate, then took one of the airline's several daily flights from Port Vila to Santo.)

    A Pacific Theater of Memories Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • (I flew Air Vanuatu from Auckland, New Zealand, to the capital city of Port Vila, on the island of Efate, then took one of the airline's several daily flights from Port Vila to Santo.)

    A Pacific Theater of Memories Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • (I flew Air Vanuatu from Auckland, New Zealand, to the capital city of Port Vila, on the island of Efate, then took one of the airline's several daily flights from Port Vila to Santo.)

    A Pacific Theater of Memories Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • The capital, Vila, is on Efate. —continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

    Vanuatu The World Factbook 2008

  • Capital: name: Port-Vila (on Efate) geographic coordinates: 17 44 S, 168 19 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

    Vanuatu 2008

  • Another island-dwelling Mekosuchus species, M. kalpokasi, was described in 2002 for skull material from the archaeological Arapus site of Efate island, Vanuatu.

    The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific Darren Naish 2006

  • Vanuatuname: Port-Vila (on Efate) geographic coordinates: 17 44 S, 168 19 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

    Capital 2008

  • Vanuatu is a 450-mi (724-km) chain of 80 islands, of which the most important are Espíritu Santo (the largest), Efate, Malakula, Malo, Pentecost, and Tanna.

    Vanuatu The World Factbook 2008

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