Kiritimati
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Gilbertese Kiritimati (“Christmas”), from English Christmas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kiritimati
- An island of Kiribati, also called Christmas Island.
- 2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2019, page 9:
- To enumerate people on Kiritimati island (or Christmas island) one needs to fly and stay overnight in Fiji before flying to Kiritimati island.
References
[edit]Gilbertese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Christmas.
Noun
[edit]Kiritimati
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Kiritimati
References
[edit]- Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “kiritimati”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary[2]
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