Tokelau

Tokelau Islands

/ (ˈtəʊkəˌlaʊ) /

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an island group in the South Pacific composed of three atolls, Nukunono, Atafu, and Fakaofo; dependent territory of New Zealand. Pop: 1368 (2012 est). Area: about 11 sq km (4 sq miles)

Example sentences from the Web for tokelau

No wonder that the Samoans and natives of the Tokelau Islands term the leather-jacket isumu moana—the sea-rat.

Rdan The Devil And Other Stories |Louis Becke
We always carried with us a heavy turtle-net, made of coir fibre, which I had bought two years before in the Tokelau Group.

Yorke The Adventurer |Louis Becke
By the markings on his arms and chest he should be from the isles of the Tokelau.'

By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories |Louis Becke
The particular form of the disease to which the name Tokelau Ringworm should be applied has a very wide distribution.

The Solomon Islands and Their Natives |H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy

I was thinking of sailing on a cruise among the Tokelau Islands in a day or two.

By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories |Louis Becke

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Tokelau

Tokelau Islands

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Example sentences from the Web for tokelau