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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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