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Meanings of Ellice Islands in English

A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii.

Usage of Ellice Islands in English
1
Box 652, The Main Road, Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Ocean Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
2
And the Gilbert and Ellice Islands are two separate countries now.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
3
The Gilbert Islands are part of Kiribati, and the Ellice Islands are now called Tuvalu.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
4
Such a man was Probyn, who dwelt on one of the low atolls of the Ellice Islands.
By Reef and Palm
5
About north-west from turbulent and distracted Samoa lie a group of eight low-lying coral atolls, called the Ellice Islands.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
6
I had a trading station down on one of the Ellice Islands where I've lived for the last twenty years.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
7
The Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, consists of nine tiny coral atolls in the South Pacific, east of Fiji.
The Irish Times
8
"I'm showing Ocean Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands."
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific