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Kiritimati

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Ki·riti·mati  (k-rsms) or Christ·mas Island (krsms)
The largest of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean near the equator. Discovered by James Cook in 1777, the island is now part of Kiribati.
Kiritimati [ˈkɪrɪtɪˈmɑːtɪ]
n
(Placename) an island in the central Pacific, in Kiribati: one of the Line Islands; the largest atoll in the world. Pop.: 3225 (1995) Former name Christmas Island
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Sydney was the first major world city to see in the New Year, although New Zealand also staged a dramatic fireworks display from Auckland's Sky Tower two hours earlier and 2009 officially kicked in on Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, at 1000 GMT Wednesday.
Fireworks, good cheer, but long shadows as world hails 2009 by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Sydney was the first major world city to see in the New Year, although New Zealand also staged a dramatic fireworks display from Auckland's Sky Tower two hours earlier and 2009 officially kicked in on Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, at 1000 GMT Wednesday.
Fireworks, good cheer, but long shadows as world hails 2009 by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
THE map illustrating the location of Christmas Island shows Christmas Island, the Australian island in the Indian Ocean, not Christmas Island or Kiritimati, in the Pacific, where the British tested our first H-bomb in 1957 (Page 31, May 12).
For the Record by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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