ELLICE ISLANDS

Meaning of ELLICE ISLANDS in English

Function: geographical name

― see TUVALU

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ELLICE ISLANDS — geographical name see: Tuvalu
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELLICE ISLANDS — /el"is/ a former name of Tuvalu .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELLICE ISLANDS — n. country composed of a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean (former name for Tuvalu)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELLICE ISLANDS — — see Tuvalu
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELLICE ISLANDS — Тувалу
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр. острова Эллис; см. Tuvalu 1
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр.о-ва Эллис (Тихий океан); (тж. прежнее название государства Тувалу (см. Tuvalu), расположенного на этих о-вах)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр. острова Эллис; см. Tuvalu 1
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр. острова Эллис; см. Tuvalu 1
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр. острова Эллис ( название островов Тувалу до 1975 г.; расположены на юго-западе Тихого океана, в Полинезии; см. тж. Tuvalu …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ELLICE ISLANDS — геогр. острова Эллис (название островов Тувалу до 1975 г.; расположены на юго-западе Тихого океана, в Полинезии; см. тж. Tuvalu)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ELLICE ISLANDS — о-ва Эллис
Англо-Русский географический словарь
ELLICE — Ellice BrE AmE ˈel ɪs § \ -əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Chile
Russian-English Edic
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUVALU (ELLICE IS.) — TV
Internet Domains English vocabulary
ELLICE IS. — TV
Internet Domains English vocabulary
GILBERT AND ELLICE — geographical name island group W Pacific; until 1976 a British colony; now divided into the independent countries of Kiribati and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
Английский словарь Британика
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS — Former British colony, western central Pacific Ocean. The colony consisted of the Gilbert Islands , Tuvalu (formerly Ellice islands), the …
Английский словарь Британика
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS — /el"is/ a former British colony, comprising the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati), the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and other widely scattered …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GILBERT AND ELLICE — geographical name island group W Pacific; until 1976 a British colony; now divided into the independent countries of Kiribati and …
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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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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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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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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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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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GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS — Former British colony, western central Pacific Ocean. The colony consisted of the Gilbert Islands , Tuvalu (formerly Ellice islands), the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TV — Tuvalu (Ellice Is.)
Internet Domains English vocabulary
TUVALU — or formerly Ellice Islands geographical name islands W Pacific N of Fiji; a British territory 1976-78; became an independent member …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUVALU — Island country, west-central Pacific Ocean. Area: 9.9 sq mi (25.63 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 10,900. Capital: Fongafale (on the …
Английский словарь Британика
TOKELAU — formerly (1916–46) Union Group Island territory (pop., 2000 est.: 1,458) of New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean. Located north of Samoa …
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TARAWA — Coral atoll (pop., 1995: 32,354), Gilbert Islands , Kiribati. The site of Bairiki , the capital of Kiribati, Tarawa is …
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PHOENIX ISLANDS — Group of eight small coral atolls, Kiribati . Lying in the west-central Pacific Ocean 1,650 mi (2,650 km) southwest of …
Английский словарь Британика
KIRIBATI — officially Republic of Kiribati Island country, central Pacific Ocean. It consists of 33 islands. The three major island groups are …
Английский словарь Британика
GILBERT ISLANDS — Group of 16 coral atolls (pop., 1995: 65,939), part of the island nation of Kiribati , western Pacific Ocean. The …
Английский словарь Британика
GILBERT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Chesterton Gilbert Keith Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gilbert Islands {{link=Gilbert Cass">Gilbert Cass Gilbert Sir …
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HIGH COMMISSION — noun 1. : a group of persons delegated supreme authority and responsibility for the performance of some duty or the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUVALU — — Tuvaluan , adj. , n. /tooh"veuh looh', tooh vah"looh/ , n. a parliamentary state consisting of a group of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TARAWA — n. capital city of Kiribati; an atoll in central Pacific Ocean that was previously the capital of the former British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TUVALU — geographical name or formerly El·lice Islands ˈe-lis islands W Pacific N of Fiji; a British territory 1976-78; became an independent …
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VOSTOK ISLAND — also spelled Vostock, formerly Staver Island coral atoll in the Southern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It …
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TUVALU, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a light blue field (background) with nine yellow stars in the fly half and, in the …
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TUVALU — formerly Ellice Islands country in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is composed of nine small coral islands scattered in a …
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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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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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KIRIBATI, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of six wavy horizontal stripes of white and blue beneath a red field bearing a yellow bird …
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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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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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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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