Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island country of the southern Pacific Ocean east of northern Australia. Inhabited primarily by Melanesian peoples, the islands were sighted by the Portuguese in 1606 and explored by Capt. James Cook, who named them “New Hebrides,” in 1774. Under joint French and British control after 1906, New Hebrides achieved independence as Vanuatu in 1980. Port Vila, on Efate Island, is the capital.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
country inOceania . Official name: Republic of Vanuatu.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Vanuatu.
Examples
-
The beaches in Vanuatu are better than anything we have in Australia.
-
"Jesus & The Eightfold Path" was first written when I was living in Vanuatu, and as recently as a week ago I was talking to Jason
-
The beaches in Vanuatu are better than anything we have in Australia.
-
She and her husband have worked in Vanuatu, South Pacific since 1991 during which time she worked as a literacy and Bible translation trainer.
Orality and translation: focusing on images rather than words 2008
-
The people of low-lying islands in Vanuatu, also in the Pacific, have been evacuated as a precaution, but the land still juts above the sea.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
-
The people of low-lying islands in Vanuatu, also in the Pacific, have been evacuated as a precaution, but the land still juts above the sea.
-
You may remember the name Vanuatu from one of the "Survivor" episodes, literally.
-
The tiny South Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu is the happiest country on Earth, according to a study measuring people’s wellbeing and their impact on the environment.
Introducing the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’ | Impact Lab 2006
-
One famous cult on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides (known as Vanuatu since 1980) is still extant.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
-
I mean, Halliburton, we found out a couple of weeks ago, so much of their money in offshore companies, a virtual litany of places to hide your money is where they have their money in Liechtenstein, and Panama and the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas and a place called Vanuatu which I have never even heard of.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.