noun
- A small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978.
- A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii.
- synonyms: Ellice Islands
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