Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Gilbert Islands | Yes | No | No | No |
Tarawa | Yes | No | No | No |
Gilbert Islands (noun) | Tarawa (noun) |
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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 | battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting |
national capital of Kiribati |