Kiribati

n. (Republic of Kiribati) central Pacific island country which is part of Micronesia

Kiribati (IPA: or kee-ree-bas in Gilbertese, sometimes incorrectly pronounced in English), officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It comprises 33 atolls dispersed over 1,351,000 square miles (3,500,000 km²) straddling the  equator and borders the International Date Line to the east. The name Kiribati is the local variant of "Gilberts", derived from Kiribati's pre-independence name, the Gilbert Islands.
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Noun
1. an island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator
(synonym) Republic of Kiribati
(hypernym) country, state, land
(part-holonym) Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT
(part-meronym) Gilbert Islands

n. Kiribati (Republic of Kiribati) central Pacific island country which is part of Micronesia

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Background The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati. Map of Kiribati More about Kiribati: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues