PACIFIC ISLANDS Definition & Meaning

Pacific Islands

[ puh-sif-ik ahy-luhndz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

the islands and island groups of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, located in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
Usually Pacific islands. (loosely) these islands together with the other islands in the Pacific Ocean, such as the continent of Australia and the Asia-related Indonesian, Philippine, and Japanese islands: Breadfruit is a tree native to the Pacific islands.
There are spineless forms of prickly pear grown commonly in Australia and some of the other Pacific islands.
Breadfruit is a tree native to the Pacific islands.

Pacific Islands

plural noun

a former Trust Territory; an island group in the W Pacific Ocean, mandated to Japan after World War I and assigned to the US by the United Nations in 1947: comprised 2141 islands (96 inhabited) of the Caroline, Marshall, and Mariana groups (excluding Guam). In 1978 the Northern Marianas became a commonwealth in union with the US. The three remaining entities consisting of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau (or Belau), and the Federated States of Micronesia became self-governing during the period 1979–80. In 1982 they signed agreements of free association with the US. Land area: about 1800 sq km (700 sq miles), scattered over about 7 500 000 sq km (3 000 000 sq miles) of ocean

Pacific Islands

Consisting of the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Marianas Islands, covering a vast area of the Pacific Ocean , including more than two thousand islands and islets. Held by the United States under United Nations trusteeship.

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Origin of Pacific Islands¹

First recorded in 1795–1800

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Cook, who lives in Chico, will be responsible for implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws in Region 9, which includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, the Pacific Islands and 148 tribal nations.

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But some western areas of the UK, as well as the Americas and some Pacific islands, are set to see a total lunar eclipse - the first since 2022.

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"I'd see it as China wanting to capitalise on the chaotic effect that Trump is having right now," says Mihai Sora, director of the Pacific Islands programme at Australia's Lowy Institute.

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The Pacific Islands have the lowest proportion of female members of parliament in the world at 8%.

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More than 20,000 military personnel served as part of UK nuclear weapons tests during the 1950s and 60s in Australia, Fiji and other Pacific islands, with an estimated 1,500 still alive.

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