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GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gilbert and Ellice Islands mean?
• GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS (noun)
The noun GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a former British possession in Micronesia
Familiarity information: GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former British possession in Micronesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)
Holonyms ("Gilbert and Ellice Islands" is a part of...):
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)
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