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Christmas Island

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Christmas Island
1. An Australian-administered island in the eastern Indian Ocean south of Java. It was annexed by Great Britain in 1888 and came under Australian sovereignty in 1958.
2. See Kiritimati.
Translations
Christmas Island nIsla Christmas
Christmas Island nîle f Christmas
Christmas Island Christmas nWeihnachtsinsel f
Christmas Island nisola di Christmas


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A genuine Black Tang, which may retail for almost $1,000, only comes from Christmas Island in Micronesia.
Anglers who fly-fish Christmas Island might wonder about the exclusion of the giant trevally, Baja aficionados might want to see a listing for ladyfish and sierra mackerel, and there's always the corbina, a Southern California prize.
On one occasion, I spent two weeks on Christmas Island processing over five hundred detainees who had been there for quite a while with no health screening.
 
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