GILBERTESE


Meaning of GILBERTESE in English

|gilbə(r)d.|ēz, -ēs noun

( plural gilbertese )

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: Gilbert islands in the central Pacific + English -ese

1. : a Micronesian native or inhabitant of the Gilbert islands

2. : the Melanesian language of the Gilbertese

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