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- proper noun
Easter Island - proper noun An Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the the inhabitants of
Easter Island . - noun The native Polynesian inhabitants of
Easter Island .
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Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui) is fascinating due to its remote location in the South Pacific Ocean and its cultural achievement, yielding hundreds of giant stone monoliths.
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The Easter Island compound - called rapamycin after the island's Polynesian name Rapa Nui - was found to extend expected lifespan by 38 per cent when tested on mice.
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Hunt proposed this, and German ecologists Andreas Mieth and Hans-Rudolf Bork think this was a contributing factor, along with the "slash-and-burn" agriculture practiced on Rapa Nui, which is too small for this type of practice to be sustainable.
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Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a Polynesian island located some 3,500 kilometers off the west coast of Chile.
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Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui) is fascinating due to its remote location in the South Pacific Ocean and its cultural achievement, yielding hundreds of giant stone monoliths.
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The islanders themselves call their home "Rapa Nui," which in their native Polynesian tongue means "Big Rapa" ...
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To market the device, he and Ms. Maggi formed Kiba Technologies LLC—short for kiba kiba , which means "peace" in the Rapa Nui language.
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Métraux, too, blamed the "hideous atrocities" of foreign slavers for the near-extermination of Rapa Nui's people.
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Hunt and Lipo had no intention of challenging Mr. Diamond when they began research on Rapa Nui.
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To market the device, he and Ms. Maggi formed Kiba Technologies LLC—short for kiba kiba , which means "peace" in the Rapa Nui language.
fbharjo commented on the word Rapa Nui
Easter Island - easy to phone but hard to get to
August 25, 2010
madmouth commented on the word Rapa Nui
teehee!
August 25, 2010