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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island country of the west-central Pacific Ocean near the equator. It includes the former Gilbert Islands, Banaba (Ocean Island), and the Phoenix and Line islands. Settled by Austronesian peoples before the 1st century AD, the islands, together with the Ellice Islands, became a British protectorate (1892–1916) and subsequently a crown colony under the name the Gilbert and Ellice Island Colony. The Ellice Islands gained independence (1978) as Tuvalu and the remaining islands (1979) as Kiribati. Tarawa is the capital.
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- proper noun Country in Oceania. Official name in English: Republic of Kiribati.
- proper noun The
Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati, also known asGilbertese .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
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Examples
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To find any place in Kiribati, just go to the corner of the equator and international dateline, and ask directions.
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No drive-thrus back in Kiribati, where fish and the Pacific mean everything.
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I did not even know the name Kiribati before she told me this and now I’m trying to scheme a way to visit her.
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He describes one dish, called Kiribati Sashimi, this way:
Brendan Smith: Calling All Artists: The Climate Movement Needs You Brendan Smith 2011
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He describes one dish, called Kiribati Sashimi, this way:
Brendan Smith: Calling All Artists: The Climate Movement Needs You Brendan Smith 2011
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KURTZ: Bill Weir, the co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America Weekend", has been logging a lot of frequent flier miles to places like Zambia and the Pacific Islands called Kiribati, places where network correspondents don't usually turn up.
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Some of the world's poorest, most vulnerable and least able to adapt are being worst affected, with small island states such as Kiribati and the Maldives and low-lying developing countries like Bangladesh already on the 'frontlines'.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Some of the world's poorest, most vulnerable and least able to adapt are being worst affected, with small island states such as Kiribati and the Maldives and low-lying developing countries like Bangladesh already on the 'frontlines'.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Some of the world's poorest, most vulnerable and least able to adapt are being worst affected, with small island states such as Kiribati and the Maldives and low-lying developing countries like Bangladesh already on the 'frontlines'.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Some of the world's poorest, most vulnerable and least able to adapt are being worst affected, with small island states such as Kiribati and the Maldives and low-lying developing countries like Bangladesh already on the 'frontlines'.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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