Kiribati

English

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Etymology

From Gilbertese Kiribati, a corruption of English Gilbert, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkiː.ɹɨ.bæs/, /kiː.ɹɨˈbæs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɨˈbɑs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɨˈbɑ.ti/

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Proper noun

Kiribati

1. Country in Oceania. Official name in English: Republic of Kiribati.
2. The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati, also known as Gilbertese.

Translations

Republic of Kiribati

• Arabic: كيريباتي (ar) (kiribaati) m
• Bengali: কিরিবাস (bn)
• Breton: Kiribati (br)
• Bulgarian: Кирибати (bg) (Kiribati)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基里巴斯 (cmn) (Jīlǐbāsī)

• Czech: Kiribati (cs) n
• Danish: Kiribati (da)
• Dutch: Kiribati (nl)
• Esperanto: Kiribato (eo)
• Estonian: Kiribati (et)
• Faroese: Kiribati (fo) n
• Finnish: Kiribati (fi)
• French: Kiribati (fr)
• German: Kiribati (de)
• Gilbertese: i-Kiribati
• Greek: Κιριμπάτι (el) (Kiribáti)
• Hawaiian: Kilepaka
• Hungarian: Kiribati (hu)
• Interlingua: Kiribati (ia)

• Italian: Kiribati (it)
• Japanese: キリバス (ja) (Kiribasu)
• Korean: 키리바시 (ko) (Kiribasi)
• Macedonian: Кирибати (mk) (Kiribáti) n
• Maltese: il-Kiribati (mt)
• Marathi: किरिबाती (mr) (kiribātī)
• Navajo: Kílíbas
• Norwegian: Kiribati (no)
• Polish: Kiribati (pl)
• Portuguese: Quiribáti (pt)
• Romanian: Kiribati (ro)
• Russian: Кирибати (ru) (Kiribáti) f and n (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кирибати (sh) m

  Roman: Kiribati (sh) m

• Spanish: Kiribati (es)
• Swedish: Kiribati (sv)
• Turkish: Kiribati (tr)

See also

• South Tarawa
• Countries of the world

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Kiribati, gil

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Czech

Proper noun

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati

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Estonian

Wikipedia ^et

Proper noun

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (country)
2. Kiribati (islands)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Gilbertese Kiribati, a corruption of English Gilbert, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌki.ɹiˈpɑː.ti/

Proper noun

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati

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Finnish

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Proper noun

Kiribati

1. Kiribati

Declension

Declension of Kiribati (type risti) singular plural nominative Kiribati – genitive Kiribatin – partitive Kiribatia – accusative Kiribati Kiribatin – inessive Kiribatissa – elative Kiribatista – illative Kiribatiin – adessive Kiribatilla – ablative Kiribatilta – allative Kiribatille – essive Kiribatina – translative Kiribatiksi – instructive – – abessive Kiribatitta – comitative – –

Derived terms

• kiribatilainen

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Proper noun

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati

Derived terms

• kiribatisch

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Gilbertese

Etymology

From English Gilbert, a shortened name of the Gilbert Islands.

Proper noun

i-Kiribati

1. Kiribati

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Kiribati f pl

1. Kiribati

See also

• gilbertino

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Kiribati

1. Kiribati

Related terms

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʲiriˈbati/

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Proper noun

Kiribati n (undeclinable)

1. Kiribati

Derived terms

• adjective: kiribatyjski

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Kiribati

1. Kiribati

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati