Tuamotus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The largest chain of atolls in the world, situated in French Polynesia and spanning an area of the southern Pacific Ocean the size of Western Europe.

Word forms

Tuamotus

Etymology

From Tuamotuan, tua (“distant”) + motus (“islands”).

Synonyms

Tuamotu Archipelago Paumotus
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