TROBRIAND ISLANDS

Meaning of TROBRIAND ISLANDS in English

/troh"bree ahnd', -and', -euhnd/

a group of islands north of the eastern end of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. 170 sq. mi. (440 sq. km).

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TROBRIAND ISLANDS — or Kiriwina Islands Group of small coral islands, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea . The islands are …
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TROBRIAND ISLANDS — or Kiriwina Islands Group of small coral islands, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea . The islands are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TROBRIAND ISLANDS — (South Pacific): see Kiriwina Islands.
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TROBRIAND — geographical name islands SW Pacific in Solomon Sea; attached to Papua New Guinea area 170 square miles (442 square kilometers …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROBRIAND — geographical name islands SW Pacific in Solomon Sea; attached to Papua New Guinea area 170 square miles (442 square kilometers …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROBRIAND — Trobriand BrE AmE ˈtrəʊb ri‿ənd -ænd AmE \ ˈtroʊb-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROBRIAND — Trobriand
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TROBRIAND — Trobriand
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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ISLANDS — Острова
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ISLANDS — Архипелаг
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ISLANDS — Chile
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TROBRIAND — Trobriand
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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TROBRIAND — Trobriand
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TROBRIAND ISLANDER — noun see: Trobriand
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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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TROBRIAND ISLANDER — ˈtrōbrēənd-, -ēˌand- noun Usage: capitalized T&I Etymology: Trobriand Island s + English -er : trobriander
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROBRIAND ISLANDER — see Trobriand
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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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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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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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TROBRIANDER — noun see: Trobriand
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MISSIONARY POSITION — noun Etymology: from the name given to the position by Trobriand islanders Date: 1948 a coital position in which the …
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TROBRIANDER — Any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina ( Trobriand ) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Their subsistence is …
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MALINOWSKI, BRONISŁAW (KASPER) — born April 7, 1884, Kraków, Pol., Austria-Hungary died May 16, 1942, New Haven, Conn., U.S. Polish-British anthropologist. He is principally …
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MISSIONARY POSITION — noun Etymology: so called from the notion that Trobriand Islanders gave this name to the position : a coital position …
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TROBRIANDER — ˈtrōbrēəndə(r), -ēˌan- noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Trobriand Islands, group of small islands in the Solomon Sea + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KIRIWINA — ˌkērēˈvēnə noun ( plural kiriwina or kiriwinas ) Usage: usually capitalized : an Austronesian language of the Trobriand islands
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAPUA NEW GUINEA — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROBRIANDER — see Trobriand
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MISSIONARY POSITION — Etymology: from the name given to the position by Trobriand islanders Date: 1948 : a coital position in which the …
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KULA — exchange system among the people of the Trobriand Islands of southeast Melanesia, in which permanent contractual partners trade traditional valuables …
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KINSHIP
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FEUD — also called blood feud a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by …
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ETHNOGRAPHY — descriptive study of a particular human society or the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost …
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BARTER — the direct exchange of goods or serviceswithout an intervening medium of exchange or moneyeither according to established rates of exchange …
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ANCESTOR WORSHIP — any of a variety of religious beliefs and practices concerned with the spirits of dead persons regarded as relatives. Ancestor …
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TROBRIANDER — any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina (Trobriand) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Subsistence is based on yams …
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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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KIRIWINA ISLANDS — also called Trobriand Islands, coral formations in the Solomon Sea of the southwestern Pacific, Papua New Guinea, 90 miles (145 …
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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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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 — ( …
Русско-Английский краткий словарь по общей лексике
ОСТРОВ — муж. island isle поэт. превращать в остров – поэт. enisle поместить на остров – поэт. enisle большой остров – (среди …
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