PITCAIRN ISLANDS

Meaning of PITCAIRN ISLANDS in English

a group of small islands under British rule in the southern Pacific Ocean, only one of which, Pitcairn Island, has people living on it. They are mostly descended from the sailors who took part in the incident shown in the Mutiny on the Bounty and who then occupied the island in 1789.

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PITCAIRN ISLANDS — British colony made up of a cluster of islands in the south central Pacific Ocean
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PITCAIRN ISLANDS — Острова Питкэрн
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PITCAIRN — Pitcairn BrE AmE ˈpɪt keən •ˈ• AmE \ -kern —as a family name, usually •ˈ•
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PITCAIRN — Classification: Borough Located in: Pennsylvania (PA) Total Population (2000): 3689 Total Housing Units (2000): 1901 Land Area (square meters): 1386271 …
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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PITCAIRN — Питкэрн
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PITCAIRN — Острова Питкэрн
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ISLANDS — Острова
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ISLANDS — Архипелаг
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ISLANDS — Chile
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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CAYMAN ISLANDS — British colony in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — PN
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — geographical name island S Pacific SE of Tuamotu Archipelago; a British colony, with several smaller islands population 62 , Pitcairner …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — Island (pop., 2000 est.: 54), south-central Pacific Ocean. It is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn island group, which …
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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 74; …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — geographical name island S Pacific SE of Tuamotu Archipelago; a British colony, with several smaller islands population 62 • Pit·cairn·er …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
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POLYNESIA — ethnogeographic grouping of islands scattered across a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — isolated, volcanic formation in the south-central Pacific Ocean, 1,350 miles (2,170 km) southeast of Tahiti. It is the only inhabited …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS, HISTORY OF — history of the islands from prehistoric times to the end of colonial rule in the period after World War II. …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
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P'ENG-HU ISLANDS — P'eng-hu also spelled Penghu, Chinese (Wade-Giles) P'eng-hu Ch'n-tao, or P'eng-hu Lieh-taoconventional Pescadores archipelago and hsien (county) of Taiwan, consisting of …
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS — also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United …
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago), island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively part of Ecuador. …
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FRISIAN ISLANDS — low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend …
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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — Aleutian Islands chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean …
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PITCAIRN ISLAND — Island (pop., 2000 est.: 54), south-central Pacific Ocean. It is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn island group, which …
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PITCAIRN, PENNSYLVANIA — История Питкэрна
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15140 — State: PENNSYLVANIA City: PITCAIRN
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PN — Pitcairn Island
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PITCAIRNER — noun see: Pitcairn Island
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NORFOLK ISLAND — Island territory of Australia, southern Pacific Ocean. Located midway between New Caledonia and New Zealand, the island has an area …
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EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. — Former U.S. airline that served primarily the eastern U.S. Founded in 1928 as Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., it was incorporated in …
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BOUNTY, HMS — British armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of its crew on April 28, 1789. Commanded by Capt. Bounty to …
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PITCAIRNIA — pitˈka(a)rnēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from William Pitcairn died 1791 English physician and botanist + New Latin -ia …
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PITCAIRNER — see Pitcairn Island
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VP6PAC — Located in CG44 DXCC entity: VP6 - Pitcairn I. Last update on: 05/2000 Search VP6PAC at QRZ.COM Search VP6PAC at …
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POLYNESIAN CULTURE
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OUTER HEBRIDES — islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the …
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OCEANIC ARTS
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES — Dutch Nederlandse Antillen, five islands in the Caribbean Sea, an autonomous part of The Netherlands since 1954. The islands are …
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MICRONESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of those Pacific Islands grouped as Micronesia. The islands include Kiribati (formerly …
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MICRONESIA — officially Federated States of Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and …
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MELANESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of those indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands grouped as Melanesia. The islands include (generally from …
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LAKSHADWEEP — formerly (195673) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India. It is a group of some two dozen islands …
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FRENCH POLYNESIA — officially Territory of French Polynesia, French Territoire de la Polynsie Franaise collection of island groups and overseas territory of France …
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EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. — former American airline that served the northeastern and southeastern United States. Founded by Harold Frederick Pitcairn (18971960) in 1928 as …
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EASTER ISLAND — A tuff-carved moai (bust) near the shoreline of Easter Island. The first European to land on Easter Island was the …
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DODECANESE — Modern Greek Dhodheknisos, group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey, and constituting the noms …
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CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER — born Sept. 25, 1764, near Cockermouth, Cumbria, Eng. died c. 1790, -93? seaman and leading mutineer on HMS Bounty, under …
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BLIGH, WILLIAM — born Sept. 9, 1754, County of Cornwall, Eng. died Dec. 7, 1817, London Bligh, pencil drawing by George Dance, 1794; …
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BAHAMAS, THE — officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, archipelago and state on the northwestern edge of the West Indies. The group occupies an …
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ISOLATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE complete ▪ The personal consequences of complete isolation in hospital for patients and families …
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ISLAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an island chain ▪ the island chain from Asia to Australasia desert island traffic island …
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ISLAND — n. Holy Island Sandalwood Island Alcatraz Island Alexander Island Anticosti Island Baffin Island Banks Island Bathurst Island Block Island Cape …
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ОСТРОВ — island; (в географических названиях и поэт. тж.) isle (of) island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на …
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ОСТРОВ — муж. island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на остров — поэт. enisle большой остров — ( …
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ОСТРОВ — муж. island isle поэт. превращать в остров – поэт. enisle поместить на остров – поэт. enisle большой остров – (среди …
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