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
• Members of this Region: ↑Tarawa, ↑Makin, ↑Tarawa-Makin
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑archipelago
• Part Holonyms: ↑Kiribati, ↑Republic of Kiribati
Useful english dictionary. 2012.