Kiribati, the Glossary
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360 relations: Abaiang, Abanuea, Abemama, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Air Kiribati, Alfred Thomas Agate, All Red Line, Alliance of Small Island States, Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Kiribati Limited, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Anadara, Anglo-German Declarations about the Western Pacific Ocean, Anote Tong, Antares, ANZ (bank), Archipelago, Arorae, Arthur Grimble, Arthur William Mahaffy, Arthus-Bertrand, Asian Development Bank, Association football, Atoll, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Auckland, Australian dollar, Australian National University, Austronesian peoples, Automated teller machine, Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati, Bairiki National Stadium, Baker Island, Bamfield, Banaba, Battle of Tarawa, BBC News, BBC Sport, Beachcombing, Beru (atoll), Betio, Bikenibeu, Binoka, Blackbirding, Body percussion, Boeing 314 Clipper, Bokikokiko, Bonriki International Airport, Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party, Breadfruit, Breast milk, ... Expand index (310 more) »
- 1979 establishments in Oceania
- British Western Pacific Territories
- Countries in Micronesia
- Countries in Oceania
- Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- States and territories established in 1979
- World War II sites
Abaiang
Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean.
Abanuea
Abanuea was an island of the Republic of Kiribati.
Abemama
Abemama (Apamama) is an atoll, one of the Gilberts group in Kiribati, and is located southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator.
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Adam Johann von Krusenstern (Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern; 10 October 177012 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer of Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.
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Air Kiribati
Air Kiribati (pronounced) is the flag carrier of the Republic of Kiribati and operates scheduled passenger services to 20 atolls spread over an area of.
Alfred Thomas Agate
Alfred Thomas Agate (February 14, 1812 – January 5, 1846) was an American painter and miniaturist.
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All Red Line
The All Red Line was a system of electrical telegraphs that linked much of the British Empire.
Alliance of Small Island States
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is an intergovernmental organization of low-lying coastal and small island countries. Kiribati and Alliance of Small Island States are small Island Developing States.
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Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Kiribati Limited
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Kiribati Limited (abbreviated ATHKL) is the sole communications provider to the Republic of Kiribati.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations.
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Anadara
Anadara is a genus of saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family Arcidae.
Anglo-German Declarations about the Western Pacific Ocean
In 1886, the British Empire and the German Empire made two declarations about their spheres of interest in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Anote Tong
Anote Tong (born 11 June 1952 in Tabuaeran, Line Islands) is an I-Kiribati politician for the Pillars of Truth party and environmental activist with half Chinese heritage, who served as the fourth president of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016.
Antares
Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius.
ANZ (bank)
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly known as ANZ Bank, is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Archipelago
An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Arorae
Arorae (spelling variants: Arorai, Arurai; also known as Hope Island or Hurd Island) is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator.
Arthur Grimble
Sir Arthur Francis Grimble, (11 June 1888 – 13 December 1956) was a British Colonial Service administrator and writer.
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Arthur William Mahaffy
Arthur William Mahaffy O.B.E. was a colonial administrator who served in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, the Colony of Fiji, the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, with his final post being the Administrator of Dominica.
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Arthus-Bertrand
Arthus-Bertrand is a maker of medals and decorations.
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Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550, Philippines.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Atoll
An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.
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Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.
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Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, balance inquiries or account information inquiries, at any time and without the need for direct interaction with bank staff.
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Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati
The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati begins after 1916 with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Baháʼís should take the religion to the Gilbert Islands which form part of modern Kiribati.
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Bairiki National Stadium
Bairiki National Stadium is located in Bairiki, Kiribati.
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Baker Island
Baker Island, formerly known as New Nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu.
Bamfield
Bamfield is a community that is surrounded by Crown Land, First Nation Lands belonging to the Huu-ay-aht Nations, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, located on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Banaba
BanabaThe correct spelling and etymology in Gilbertese should be Bwanaba but the Constitution of Kiribati writes Banaba.
Battle of Tarawa
The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.
Beachcombing
Beachcombing is an activity that consists of an individual "combing" (or searching) the beach and the intertidal zone, looking for things of value, interest or utility.
Beru (atoll)
Beru is an atoll in the Southern Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati.
Betio
Betio is the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa, and the country's main port.
Bikenibeu
Bikenibeu is a settlement in Kiribati.
Binoka
Binoka (– 10 November 1891) was the third uea of the State of Abemama, which encompassed Abemama, Aranuka, and Kuria in the Gilbert Islands.
Blackbirding
Blackbirding is the coercion and/or deception of people or kidnapping to work as slaves or poorly paid labourers in countries distant from their native land.
Body percussion
Body percussion may be performed on its own or as an accompaniment to music and/or dance.
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Boeing 314 Clipper
The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941.
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Bokikokiko
The bokikokiko, Kiritimati reed warbler or Christmas Island warbler (Acrocephalus aequinoctialis) is a species of warbler in the family Acrocephalidae.
Bonriki International Airport
Bonriki International Airport is an international airport in Kiribati, serving as the main gateway to the country.
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Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party
The Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (BKM) is a political party in Kiribati from the merger of the Kiribati First Party and Boutokaan te Koaua in 2020.
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Breadfruit
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family (Moraceae) believed to be a domesticated descendant of Artocarpus camansi originating in New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines. It was initially spread to Oceania via the Austronesian expansion.
Breast milk
Breast milk (sometimes spelled as breastmilk) or mother's milk is milk produced by the mammary glands in the breast of human females.
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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British protectorate
British protectorates were protectorates—or client states—under protection of the British Empire's armed forces and represented by British diplomats in international arenas, such as the Great Game, in which the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Tibetan Kingdom became protected states for short periods of time.
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British Solomon Islands
The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was first established in June 1893, when Captain Herbert Gibson of declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate. Kiribati and British Solomon Islands are British Western Pacific Territories.
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British Western Pacific Territories
The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown, styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
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Butaritari
Butaritari is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati.
Cabinet of Kiribati
The Cabinet of Kiribati is the cabinet (executive branch) of the government of the Republic of Kiribati.
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Calcareous
Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.
Cancún
Cancún, often rendered Cancun in English (without the accent; or), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Canton Island
Canton Island (also known as Kanton or Abariringa), previously known as Mary Island, Mary Balcout's Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, northernmost, and, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati.
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Caroline Island
Caroline Island (also known as Caroline Atoll or Millennium Island) is the easternmost of several uninhabited coral atolls comprising the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean nation of Kiribati.
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Cassidy International Airport
Cassidy International Airport is an airport located north of Banana, a settlement on Kiritimati (pronounced Christmas) island in Kiribati.
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Catholic Church in Kiribati
The Catholic Church in Kiribati is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, which, inspired by the life, death and teachings of Jesus Christ, and under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman curia in the Vatican City (in Rome) is the largest Christian church in the world.
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Causeway
A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water".
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Central Polynesian tropical moist forests
The Central Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia.
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Chant
A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. Kiribati and China are member states of the United Nations.
Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa, subspecies pekinensis and chinensis) is either of two cultivar groups of leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: the Pekinensis Group (napa cabbage) and the Chinensis Group (bok choy).
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change.
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Climate change vulnerability
Climate change vulnerability is a concept that describes how strongly people or ecosystems are likely to be affected by climate change.
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Climate Vulnerable Forum
The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is a global partnership of countries that are disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change.
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Coastal management
Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands.
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Coconut
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.
Coconut crab
The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief.
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.
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Conomurex luhuanus
Conomurex luhuanus, commonly known as the strawberry conch or tiger conch, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
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Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Crystal City, Virginia, in Arlington County, Virginia.
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Constitution of Kiribati
The Constitution of Kiribati is the supreme law of Kiribati, which was implemented in 1979.
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Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines who a refugee is and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
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Copra
Copra (from) is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted.
Coral bleaching
Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.
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Coral Sun Airways
Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines (after flag carrier Air Kiribati), established in January 2009.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Kiribati
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kiribati is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne, Australia.
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Crown colony
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anticyclone).
Cyclone Pam
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam was the second most intense tropical cyclone of the South Pacific Ocean in terms of sustained winds and is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu.
Cyrtosperma merkusii
Cyrtosperma merkusii or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia.
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Dance in Kiribati
Dance in Kiribati includes various styles unique to the island nation.
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the main and largest airport in Hawaii.
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David Katoatau
David Katoatau (born 17 July 1984) is an I-Kiribati weightlifter who received international press attention due to dance routines he performed following his lifts at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in order to bring attention to the impact of climate change on Kiribati.
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Demographics of Kiribati
Demographic features of the population of Kiribati include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Deutscher Wetterdienst
The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.
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Early New Zealand Books
Early New Zealand Books (ENZB) is a project from the library of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, launched in 2005, that aims at providing keyword-searchable text of significant books published about New Zealand in the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century.
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Eastern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pole).
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Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests
The Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Micronesia.
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Edward Carlyon Eliot
Edward Carlyon Eliot, (18 April 1870 – 1 January 1940) was a British Colonial Service administrator.
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Edward H. M. Davis
Admiral Edward Henry Meggs Davis (18 August 1846, in Galway – 6 October 1929) was a Royal Navy captain, then admiral, who served in the Cape of Good Hope Station, Pacific Station, Mediterranean Fleet and the Jamaica Division.
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Effects of climate change
Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies.
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Effects of climate change on small island countries
The effects of climate change on small island countries are affecting people in coastal areas through sea level rise, increasing heavy rain events, tropical cyclones and storm surges. Kiribati and effects of climate change on small island countries are island countries and small Island Developing States.
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Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism, or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds on the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people.
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Enderbury Island
Enderbury Island, also known as Ederbury Island or Guano Island, is a small, uninhabited atoll 63 km ESE of Kanton Island in the Pacific Ocean at.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Ernest Sabatier
Ernest Sabatier (24 May 1886 – 13 February 1965) was French historian, poet and a Catholic missionary from the Mission of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Oceania.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Exclusive economic zone
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia (abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania. Kiribati and Federated States of Micronesia are countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Micronesia, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the United Nations and small Island Developing States.
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FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
Fiji
Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and Fiji are British Western Pacific Territories, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, republics in the Commonwealth of Nations and small Island Developing States.
Fiji Airways
Fiji Airways (formerly known as Air Pacific) is the flag carrier of Fiji.
Firmin Didot
Firmin Didot (14 April 176424 April 1836) was a French printer, engraver, and type founder.
Fishery
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place (a.k.a., fishing grounds).
Flame angelfish
The flame angelfish (Centropyge loricula) is a marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae found in tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Flint Island
Flint Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands under the jurisdiction of Kiribati.
Flying fish
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod.
Food security
Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
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Association football has been regularly included in the Pacific Games, the multi-sports event for Pacific nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963.
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Funafuti
Funafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu.
George Pratt (missionary)
George Pratt (1817 – 1894) was a missionary with the London Missionary Society who lived in Samoa for forty years from 1839 to 1879, mostly on the island of Savai'i.
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Giant clam
Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the most well-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GEIC as a colony) in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. Kiribati and Gilbert and Ellice Islands are British Western Pacific Territories.
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Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands (Tungaru;Reilly Ridgell. Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this name applied only to the southern islands of the archipelago, the northern half being designated as the Scarborough Islands.
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Gilbertese language
Gilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati.
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Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides grants and blended finance for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), mercury, sustainable forest management, food security, and sustainable cities in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
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Global plastic pollution treaty
UN Member States are currently negotiating a legally-binding, international agreement on plastics that will address the entire life cycle of plastics, from design to production and disposal.
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Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
The Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands was the colonial head of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands civil service from 1892 until 1979.
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Great frigatebird
The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family.
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Ground station
A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves from astronomical radio sources.
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Guam
Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and Guam are island countries, small Island Developing States and world War II sites.
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.
Hemispheres of Earth
In geography and cartography, hemispheres of Earth are any division of the globe into two equal halves (hemispheres), typically divided into northern and southern halves by the Equator or into western and eastern halves by the Prime meridian.
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Henry Puna
Henry Tuakeu Puna (born 29 July 1949) is a Cook Islands politician.
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
The high commissioner for the Western Pacific was the chief executive officer of the British Western Pacific Territories, a British colonial entity, which existed from 1877 until 1976.
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Hiram Bingham II
Hiram Bingham II (August 16, 1831 – October 25, 1908) was a Protestant Christian missionary to Hawaii and the Gilbert Islands.
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HMS Royalist (1883)
HMS Royalist was a ''Satellite''-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1883 and hulked as a depot ship in 1900.
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Honiara
Honiara is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal.
Honolulu
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.
HOPE-X
HOPE (H-II Orbiting Plane) was a Japanese experimental spaceplane project designed by a partnership between NASDA and NAL (both now part of JAXA), started in the 1980s.
House of Assembly (Kiribati)
The House of Assembly is the Legislature of Kiribati.
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Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu.
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Ieremia Tabai
Ieremia Tienang Tabai (modern spelling: Tabwai; born 1950) is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the first president of Kiribati from 1979 to 1991.
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Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.
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International Date Line
The International Date Line (IDL) is the line between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Island country
An island country, island state, or island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Kiribati and island country are island countries.
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J. Maarten Troost
Jan Maarten Troost (known professionally as J. Maarten Troost; born 1969) is a Dutch-American travel writer and essayist.
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Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands
The Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands was the period in the history of Kiribati between 1941 and 1945 when Imperial Japanese forces occupied the Gilbert Islands during World War II, in the Pacific War theatre.
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Jarvis Island
Jarvis Island (formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.
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John Hilary Smith
John Hilary Smith, (born 20 March 1928) is a British retired colonial administrator.
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John Marshall (Royal Navy officer, born 1748)
Captain John Marshall (Jo̧o̧n M̧ajeļ) (26 February 1748 NS (15 February 1747 OS) – 1819) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Pacific.
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John T. Arundel
John T. Arundel (1 September 1841 – 30 November 1919) was an English entrepreneur who was instrumental in the development of the mining of phosphate rock on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island).
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Joseph Wu
Joseph Wu Jaushieh (born October 31, 1954) is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taiwan (ROC) under former President Tsai Ing-wen and current President William Lai since February 26, 2018.
Judiciary of Kiribati
The Judiciary of Kiribati is the branch of the Government of Kiribati which interprets and applies the laws of the country.
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Kacific Broadband Satellites
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) is a satellite operator providing a high-speed broadband internet service for the South East Asia and Pacific Islands regions.
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Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)
Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School
King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School (KGV/EBS) is a government senior high school of Kiribati, located in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa.
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King tide
A king tide is an especially high spring tide, especially the perigean spring tides which occur three or four times a year.
Kiribati Adaptation Program
The Kiribati Adaptation Program (KAP) is a US$5.5 million initiative that was originally enacted by the national government of Kiribati with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the Japanese Government.
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Kiribati dollar
The Kiribati dollar is one of the two official currencies of Kiribati.
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The Kiribati Islands Football Association, formerly the Kiribati Islands Football Federation, is the governing body of football in Kiribati, established in 1980.
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The Kiribati men's national football team is the national men's football team of Kiribati and is controlled by the Kiribati Islands Football Association.
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Kiribati Protestant Church
The Kiribati Protestant Church (KPC) and earlier, the Gilbert Islands Protestant Church, is a Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati.
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Kiribati Uniting Church
The Kiribati Uniting Church (KUC) (until 2014 the Kiribati Protestant Church and earlier, the Gilbert Islands Protestant Church) is a united Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati.
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Kiritimati
Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands.
Kosrae
Kosrae, formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Kunan Kiribati
"Kunan Kiribati" ("Song of Kiribati"), also known by its incipit, "Teirake Kaini Kiribati", is the national anthem of Kiribati.
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Kyoto Protocol
The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.
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Law enforcement in Kiribati
The only State disciplined forces in Kiribati are a unified national police force, with prison and quarantine powers, and the coast guard.
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Least developed countries
The least developed countries (LDCs) are developing countries listed by the United Nations that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development.
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Lens (hydrology)
In hydrology, a lens, also called freshwater lens or Ghyben-Herzberg lens, is a convex-shaped layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater and is usually found on small coral or limestone islands and atolls.
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LGBT rights in Kiribati
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Kiribati face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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Lifestyle disease
Lifestyle diseases can be defined as the diseases linked to the manner in which a person lives their life.
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Line Islands
The Line Islands, Teraina Islands or Equatorial Islands (Aono Raina) are a chain of 11 atolls (with partly or fully enclosed lagoons, except Vostok and Jarvis) and coral islands (with a surrounding reef) in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands.
List of Christian denominations
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.
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List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
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List of diplomatic missions of the United States
The United States has the second most active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023).
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List of high commissioners of Australia to Kiribati
The high commissioner of Australia to Kiribati is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to Kiribati, located in Tarawa.
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List of islands of Kiribati
This is a list of all of the islands of Kiribati.
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List of largest protected areas
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is compiled and managed by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, an executive agency of the United Nations Environment Programme.
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List of resident commissioners and governors of the Solomon Islands
This is a list of the resident commissioners of the British Solomon Islands protectorate (1893–1975) and the dependent Solomon Islands (1975–1978).
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List of towns and villages in Kiribati
This is a list of towns and villages in Kiribati.
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Lists of aquarium life
Lists of aquarium life include lists of fish, amphibians, invertebrates and plants in freshwater, brackish and marine aquariums.
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Loanword
A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient or target language), through the process of borrowing.
London Missionary Society
The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams.
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London, Kiribati
London (Gilbertese: Ronton; historically: Londres) is a village in Kiribati, located on the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands.
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Louis-Isidore Duperrey
Louis-Isidore Duperrey (21 October 1786 – 25 August 1865) was a French naval officer and explorer.
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Malden Island
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about in area.
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Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. Kiribati and Maldives are island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, republics in the Commonwealth of Nations and small Island Developing States.
Marcel Detienne
Marcel Detienne (October 11, 1935 in Liège, Belgium – March 21, 2019 in Nemours, France) was a Belgian historian and specialist in the study of ancient Greece.
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Marine Training Centre
The Marine Training Centre Tarawa (MTC) is a training school for seafarers founded in 1967 in Betio, Tarawa, division of the Ministry of Employment and Human Resources of the Government of Kiribati.
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Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands (Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and Marshall Islands are countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Micronesia, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the United Nations, small Island Developing States and world War II sites.
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Melanesia
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Micronesia
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Micronesians
The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.
Ministry of Education (Kiribati)
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, Tarawa, next to the King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School.
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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC; Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis; Missionnaires du Sacré-Coeur) are a missionary congregation in the Catholic Church.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
Mud crab
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as.
Nadi International Airport
Nadi International Airport is the main international airport of Fiji as well as an important regional hub for the South Pacific islands, located by the coast on the Ba Province in the Western Division of the main island Viti Levu.
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National Space Development Agency of Japan
The, or NASDA, was a Japanese national space agency established on October 1, 1969 under the National Space Development Agency Law only for peaceful purposes.
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Nauru
Nauru (or; Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru (Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of Oceania in the Central Pacific. Kiribati and Nauru are British Western Pacific Territories, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Micronesia, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, republics in the Commonwealth of Nations and small Island Developing States.
Net zero emissions
Global net zero emissions describes the state where emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activities, and removals of these gases, are in balance over a given period.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and New Zealand are countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and member states of the United Nations.
Nikunau
Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands that forms a council district of the Republic of Kiribati.
Nonouti
Nonouti is an atoll and district of Kiribati.
North Tarawa
North Tarawa or in Gilbertese Tarawa Ieta, in the Republic of Kiribati, is the string of islets from Buariki at the northern tip of Tarawa atoll to Buota in the South, with a combined population of 6,629.
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Nuclear weapons testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance, yield, and effects of nuclear weapons and have resulted until 2020 in up to 2.4 million people dying from its global fallout.
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Nui (atoll)
Nui is an atoll and one of nine districts of the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu.
Ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.
Ocean acidification
Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's ocean.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football.
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Oceanic languages
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages.
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Official language
An official language is a language having certain rights to be used in defined situations.
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Onotoa
Onotoa is an atoll of Kiribati.
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS, French: Organisation des États d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975.
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Outline of Kiribati
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Kiribati: Kiribati – sovereign island nation located in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean.
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Overcrowding
Overcrowding or crowding is the condition where more people are located within a given space than is considered tolerable from a safety and health perspective.
Pacific Cable Station
The Pacific Cable Station was built in 1902 in Southport, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia, continuing to operate for sixty years, finally closing in 1962.
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The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories around the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific decadal oscillation
The Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) is a robust, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability centered over the mid-latitude Pacific basin.
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Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation among countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
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Pacific Regional Environment Programme
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is an intergovernmental organisation based in Apia, Samoa with more than 90 staff members.
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Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Atoll, also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati).
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Pan Am
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.
Pandanus paste
Pandanus paste is a dried fruit preserve made from the fruit of Pandanus tectorius, most commonly found in the low-lying atoll islands of Micronesia.
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Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
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Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.
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Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance.
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.
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Perigean spring tide
A perigean spring tide is a tide that occurs three or four times per year when a perigee (the point nearest Earth reached by the Moon during its 27.3-day elliptic orbit) coincides with a spring tide (when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth are nearly aligned every two weeks).
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Phoenix Islands
The Phoenix Islands, or Rawaki, are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, north of Samoa.
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Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme was begun in 1938 in the western Pacific Ocean and was the last attempt at human colonisation within the British Empire.
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Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru
The economy of Banaba and Nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental disaster on these islands, with 80% of the islands’ surface having been strip-mined.
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Phosphorite
Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals.
Pillars of Truth
Pillars of Truth (Boutokaan te Koaua; BK or BTK) was a political party in Kiribati, until 2020 when it merged with the Kiribati First Party to create the Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party.
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Pinctada margaritifera
Pinctada margaritifera, commonly known as the black-lip pearl oyster, is a species of pearl oyster, a saltwater mollusk, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae.
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Plastic pollution
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.
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Pleiades
The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, reflects an observed pattern formed by those stars, in an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
Polynesian languages
The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family.
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Polynesian rat
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat.
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Polyp (zoology)
A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa.
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Port Jackson
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
President of Kiribati
The president of Kiribati (Beretitenti) is the head of state and head of government of Kiribati.
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Rabi Island
Rabi (pronounced) is a volcanic island in northern Fiji.
Raised coral atoll
A raised coral atoll or uplifted coral atoll is an atoll that has been lifted high enough above sea level by tectonic forces, protecting it from scouring by storms and enabling soils and diverse – often endemic – species of flora and fauna to develop.
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Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water.
Religion in Kiribati
Christianity is the predominant religion in Kiribati, with Catholicism being its largest denomination.
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Remittance
A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland.
Representative democracy
Representative democracy (also called electoral democracy or indirect democracy) is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public.
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Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund
The Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF) is the sovereign wealth fund of the Pacific island republic of Kiribati.
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RKS Teanoai II
RKS Teanoai II (301) is a in service with the Kiribati Maritime Police.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Kiribati and Samoa are Christian states, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, republics in the Commonwealth of Nations and small Island Developing States.
Scombridae
The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes.
Sea captain
A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel.
Sea level rise
Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rise was, with an increase of per year since the 1970s.
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Seaweed farming
Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.
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Skipjack tuna
The skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is a perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only member of the genus Katsuwonus.
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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.
Small Island Developing States
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a grouping of developing countries which are small island countries and tend to share similar sustainable development challenges. Kiribati and small Island Developing States are island countries.
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Soil salinity
Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization.
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South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) was an inter-governmental regional organisation dedicated to providing services to promote sustainable development in the countries it serves.
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South Tarawa
South Tarawa (Tarawa Teinainano) is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population.
Southern Cross Cable
The Southern Cross Cable is a trans-Pacific network of telecommunications cables commissioned in 2000.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Sovereign state
A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.
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Sovereign wealth fund
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF), or sovereign investment fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as private equity fund or hedge funds.
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Spaceport
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft.
Starbuck Island
Starbuck Island (or Volunteer Island) is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific, and is part of the Central Line Islands of Kiribati.
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Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to 80 countries.
Subdivisions of Kiribati
In Kiribati, there are no longer official administrative divisions but it is possible to divide Kiribati geographically into one isolated island and three archipelagos or island groups.
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Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
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Tabiteuea
Tabiteuea (formerly Drummond's Island) is an atoll in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, farther south of Tarawa.
Tabuaeran
Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. Kiribati and Taiwan are island countries.
Tamana, Kiribati
Tamana (also Rotcher Island) is the smallest island in the Gilbert Islands.
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Taneti Maamau
Taneti Maamau (modern spelling: Taaneti Mwamwau; born 16 September 1960) is an I-Kiribati politician who has served as the sixth president of Kiribati since 11 March 2016.
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Tarawa
Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati,.
Tarawa Climate Change Conference
The Tarawa Climate Change Conference (TCCC), was held in the Republic of Kiribati from 9 to 10 November 2010.
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Teaoraereke
Teaoraereke (in Gilbertese, the narrow surface) is a town and settlement in South Tarawa of Kiribati.
Tebua Tarawa
Tebua Tarawa was an island of the Republic of Kiribati.
Teburoro Tito
Teburoro Tito (modern spelling Tiito, pronounced Seetoh; born 25 August 1953) is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the third president of Kiribati and foreign minister from 1 October 1994 to 28 March 2003.
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Teitiota v Chief Executive Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Teitiota v Chief Executive Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment concerned an application by a Kiribati man, Ioane Teitiota, for leave to appeal against a decision of New Zealand's Immigration and Protection Tribunal that declined to grant him refugee and/or protected person status.
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Telephone numbers in Kiribati
Kiribati numbers were changed from 5 to 8 digits in a phased process between 2013 and 2018.
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Television Kiribati
Television Kiribati Ltd, or TV Kiribati, was the sole, state-owned service in Kiribati.
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Teraina
Teraina (written also Teeraina, also known as Washington Island – these two names are constitutional) is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean and part of the Northern Line Islands which belong to Kiribati.
Teuea Toatu
Teuea Toatu is an I-Kiribati politician who is the current vice president and minister for Finance & Economic Development in the Cabinet of Kiribati.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.
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The New Age
The New Age was a British weekly magazine (1894–1938), inspired by Fabian socialism, and credited as a major influence on literature and the arts during its heyday from 1907 to 1922, when it was edited by Alfred Richard Orage.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific is a 2004 travelogue by author J. Maarten Troost describing the two years he and his girlfriend spent living on the Tarawa atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design.
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Thomas Gilbert (sea captain)
Thomas Gilbert was an 18th-century British mariner.
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Tobwaan Kiribati Party
The Tobwaan Kiribati Party (Embracing Kiribati Party, TKP) is a political party in Kiribati.
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Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. Kiribati and Tonga are British Western Pacific Territories, Christian states, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations and small Island Developing States.
Treaty of Tarawa
On September 20, 1979, representatives of the newly independent Republic of Kiribati and of the United States met in Tarawa to sign a treaty of friendship between the two nations, known as the Treaty of Tarawa.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.
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Tropical cyclone scales
Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in.
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Tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
Tuvalu
Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. Kiribati and Tuvalu are British Western Pacific Territories, Christian states, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, small Island Developing States and world War II sites.
Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D), formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. Kiribati and United Kingdom are island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and member states of the United Nations.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
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University of Auckland
The University of Auckland (UoA; Māori: Waipapa Taumata Rau) is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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University of the South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
UTC+12:00
UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12:00.
UTC+13:00
UTC+13:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +13:00.
UTC+14:00
UTC+14:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +14:00.
Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu (pronounced), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu (République de Vanuatu; Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country in Melanesia, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and Vanuatu are British Western Pacific Territories, countries and territories where English is an official language, countries in Oceania, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, member states of the United Nations, republics in the Commonwealth of Nations and small Island Developing States.
Vice-President of Kiribati
The vice-president of Kiribati (Kauoman-ni-Beretitenti) is the deputy head of State of the Republic of Kiribati.
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Vostok Island
Vostok Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati.
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Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.
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Western Polynesian tropical moist forests
The Western Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia.
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William Telfer Campbell
William Telfer Campbell (1863 - 1929), born in India, was the second Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate, from 1895 to 1909.
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Wolfenden report
The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the Wolfenden report, after Sir John Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee) was published in the United Kingdom on 4 September 1957 after a succession of well-known men, including Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Michael Pitt-Rivers, John Gielgud, and Peter Wildeblood were convicted of homosexual offences.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yellowfin tuna
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
.ki
.ki is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Kiribati.
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150th meridian west
The meridian 150° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America (entirely within the State of Alaska), the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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180th meridian
The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° both east and west of the prime meridian in a geographical coordinate system.
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1982 Kiribati parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 26 March 1982, with a second round on 1 April.
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1983 Kiribati parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 12 January 1983, with a second round on 19 January.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games (Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; Glaschu 2014), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
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2016 Kiribati presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 9 March 2016.
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2020 Kiribati presidential election
A presidential election was held in Kiribati on 22 June 2020.
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2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
A constitutional crisis began in Kiribati when the Cabinet of Kiribati suspended two of its High Court Justices.
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2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a conference scheduled to be held from October 21 to November 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia.
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3rd millennium
In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar.
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See also
1979 establishments in Oceania
- Kiribati
British Western Pacific Territories
- British Solomon Islands
- British Western Pacific Territories
- Canton and Enderbury Islands
- Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific
- Colony of Fiji
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- Kingdom of Tonga (1900–1970)
- Kiribati
- Nauru
- New Hebrides
- Niue
- Pitcairn Islands
- Solomon Islands
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Countries in Micronesia
Countries in Oceania
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (PPP)
- List of Oceanian countries by GDP
- List of Oceanian countries by GDP growth
- List of countries in Asia-Pacific by GDP (nominal)
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guyana
- India
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
States and territories established in 1979
- Aurora (province)
- Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Canton of Jura
- Catalonia
- Dagang, Tianjin
- Dovhyntsivskyi District
- Greenland
- Hof Aza Regional Council
- Independent State of Rainbow Creek
- Interim Government of Iran
- Iran
- Kiribati
- Kovdorsky District
- Loiri Porto San Paolo
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
- Rehoboth (homeland)
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sant'Antonio di Gallura
- Southern Rhodesia
- State of Free Lebanon
- Talossa
- Villaperuccio
- Zimbabwe Rhodesia
World War II sites
- Guam
- Huhtiniemi mass grave
- Kiribati
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Midway Atoll
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Sandakan Jamek Mosque
- South Seas Mandate
- Sławięcice Palace
- Tuvalu
References
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