Tuvalu – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Tuvalu
n.
country composed of a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Noun
1. a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
(hypernym) country, state, land
(part-holonym) Tuvalu, Ellice Islands
(part-meronym) Funafuti
2. a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii
(synonym) Ellice Islands
(hypernym) archipelago
(part-holonym) Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT
(part-meronym) Tuvalu
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Background
In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years.
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