English Explanatory Dictionary

Ocean Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Banaba (“island of Kiribati”).
name
  1. Former name of Kure Atoll, Hawaii, United States (renamed in 1924)
  2. An island in Port Ross harbour, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

Word forms

Ocean Island

Etymology

Named by Captain Mertho in 1804 after his vessel, the Ocean.

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