English Explanatory Dictionary

Phoenix Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. a group of eight mostly uninhabited atolls and two submerged coral reefs in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati; geographically, the United States unincorporated territories of Baker and Howland Island are often considered northerly outliers from this group

Word forms

Phoenix Islands

Etymology

apparently named in the 1840s after the eponymous island easternmost within the group.

Synonyms

Rawaki Rawaki islands Rawaki group
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