Ellice Islands

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See Tuvalu.

Ellice Islands [ˈɛlɪs]

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(Placename) the former name (until 1975) of Tuvalu

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Ellice 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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Banaba Federated States of Micronesia Funafuti Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gilbert Islands Kiribati Line Islands Makin Micronesia Republic of Kiribati Tarawa Tarawa-Makin Tt Tuvalu			Twilight of Pacific Colonialism" tells the story of the waning days of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony of the United Kingdom, through the eyes of a man who called the place home. Twilight of Pacific Colonialism by Logan, Carl / Reviewer's Bookwatch Byline: By STEVE ORME RECENTLY one of the extras from the Bounty hunters advert blamed waterlogging on the island of Tuvalu, in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on western 4x4s. Cruising up the motorway; full chat by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) radio station at Suva in Fiji handled overseas traffic to Great Britain and Europe, via the Australian Beam Service, and also maintained communications with stations in Samoa, Tonga, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, New Caledonia, the New Hebrides and Hawaii. "Leave without pay" the story of the AWA telegraphists in the Second ... by Wilson, Graham / Sabretache			Elk River elk-wood Elkhart elkhorn fern elkhound Elknut Elkwood ell Ella Fitzgerald Ellachick Ellagic ellagic acid Ellas Ellás Ellebore Elleborin Elleck Ellen Ellen Price Wood Ellenborough Ellenge Elles Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Port Elli Ellice Islands Ellicott City Ellington Elliott eye Elliott's goldenrod ellipse ellipsis Ellipsograph ellipsoid ellipsoid of revolution ellipsoidal elliptic Elliptic chuck Elliptic compasses Elliptic function Elliptic functions elliptic geometry Elliptic integral elliptic leaf Elliptic polarization Elliptic-lanceolate elliptical elliptical galaxy elliptically ellipticity Elliptograph			Ellesmere Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island National Park Ellesmere Land Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Ellesmere Port Light Opera Company Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of Ellesmere, Lake Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron ellestadite Elleste-Solo Elleste-Solo Elleste-Solo Ellet, Charles, Jr. ELLF ELLFB ELLFS Elli Elli Elli Elli Alexiu Elli Alexíu Elliai Ellice Island Ellice Island Ellice Islands Ellicott City Ellicott City Ellicott City Ellicott City Residence Association Ellicott City, Maryland Ellicott City, Maryland Ellicott Mills Middle School Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge Ellicott, Yoder, Rush Ellicottville, New York Ellie Ellie (movie) Ellie Goulding Ellii Anatolevich Bogdanov Ellii Bogdanov Ellil Ellil Elling Elling Elling Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris Ellington Ellington Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Ellington, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, United Kingdom

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