GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS

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 I. (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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