Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The capital of Kiribati.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word South Tarawa.

Examples

  • On the South Tarawa lagoon in Kiribati, family-scale production of Eucheuma is just beginning.

    4 Coastal Mariculture 1987

  • Ata Merang, another South Tarawa resident, says she has noticed the extended dry seasons.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • "We hardly get rainy seasons any more," says Deputy Secretary of Labour Akka Rimon, who lives on South Tarawa.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Nearly half the population, more than 40,000 people, is crowded into just one of those strands -- the capital island, South Tarawa.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Compounding all these problems is the fact that South Tarawa has too many people.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Owing to severe overcrowding in the capital on South Tarawa, in the 1990s a program of directed migration moved nearly 5,000 inhabitants to outlying atolls, mainly in the Line Islands.

    ScreenTalk 2010

  • People mine bags of sand along a causeway in South Tarawa.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Owing to severe overcrowding in the capital on South Tarawa, in the 1990s a program of directed migration moved nearly 5,000 inhabitants to outlying atolls, mainly in the Line Islands.

    ScreenTalk 2010

  • In the last census, only a third of South Tarawa households reported having a flush toilet.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The most frustrating thing about South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, is its lagoon.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.