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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A volcanic island of the southern Pacific Ocean in the southwest Cook Islands. The largest and most important island in the group, it serves as the capital of the Cook Islands.
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I asked some schoolkids here in Rarotonga if they knew what ringworm looked like, and one little girl had a ringworm sore on her arm and showed it to me.
- Boing Boing 2003
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For instance, in Rarotonga, capital of the Cook Islands, 14 percent of men and 44 percent of women were obese in 1966.
Boing Boing: February 10, 2002 - February 16, 2002 Archives 2002
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(The tractors remind me of the coconut scrapers I came across in Rarotonga.
Boing Boing 2008
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Painting in Paradise will gather this coming July 24 for the art holiday of a lifetime, six days of watercolor painting on the palm-shaded shores of Rarotonga's aqua blue lagoon, under the instruction of watercolorist Bron Smith.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: 9 Travel Experiences to Get You Inspired and Energized Teresa Rodriguez Williamson 2011
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Where: You board New Zealand Air at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night, July 24, 2011 at 10:30 pm, and then wake up in paradise the next morning on Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: 9 Travel Experiences to Get You Inspired and Energized Teresa Rodriguez Williamson 2011
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The 22-year-old, a member of New Zealand's World Cup winning squad, was reported last month to have stormed into a Rarotonga bar bleeding and naked before punching two customers.
Zac Guildford holds on to New Zealand contract despite drunken rampage 2011
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But a strapping Rarotonga vahine [1] -- she must have weighed two hundred and fifty -- brought up against him and got an arm around his neck.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Rarotonga is the main island in the Cook Island group, a true Polynesian paradise, with towering jungle-covered peaks and an aqua verde lagoon surrounding the island.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: 9 Travel Experiences to Get You Inspired and Energized Teresa Rodriguez Williamson 2011
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Global Volunteers Tutoring children in reading, one of many volunteer activities in the Cook Island of the South Pacific Since 1998, Global Volunteers has offered one- to three-week programs for up to 20 volunteers in Rarotonga, the most populous of the nation's volcanic islands.
Saving the World—One Vacation at a Time Anne Tergesen 2011
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Rarotonga is the main island in the Cook Island group, a true Polynesian paradise, with towering jungle-covered peaks and an aqua verde lagoon surrounding the island.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: 9 Travel Experiences to Get You Inspired and Energized Teresa Rodriguez Williamson 2011
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