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Gilbert Islands   /gˈɪlbərt ˈaɪləndz/   Listen
Gilbert Islands

noun
1.
A group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979.





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... within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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