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Definition of Gilbert islands

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilbert Islands

Literary usage of Gilbert islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Hawaiian Evangelical Association (1898)
"gilbert islands. Rev. H. and Mrs. Clara Bingham, Honolulu, HI (after Nov. ... IM and Mrs. M. Channon, in charge of gilbert islands Training School at Kusaie ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"gilbert islands, VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF, comprises the group of that name, ... Upon the partition of the Vicariate of Micronesia, the gilbert islands were ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In the gilbert islands they manufacture elaborate armor, ... In every house he visited in the gilbert islands, the present writer saw either a small circle ..."

4. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"The most important gilbert islands work are spears studded with sharks teeth and cocoa nut string or reed armor. There are some regular corslets woven of ..."

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