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Ellice Islands

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El·lice Islands  (ls)
See Tuvalu.
Ellice Islands [ˈɛlɪs]
pl n
(Placename) the former name (until 1975) of Tuvalu
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Noun1.Ellice IslandsEllice Islands - a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
Tuvalu
Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, TT - a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
Tuvalu - a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978


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We had drifted through the Ellice Islands, a full 500 miles southwest of Canton," Rickenbacker wrote.
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Anne Chambers' participation in Victoria University of Wellington's 1970s Rural Socio-Economic Survey of what were then the Gilbert and Ellice Islands ensured appropriate attention to "hard data.
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