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 (synset 108858908)
    domain member region: makin, tarawa, tarawa-makin - battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    is a part of: kiribati, republic of kiribati - an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator

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