Kiribati
/ˈkiː.ɹɪ.bæs/
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Australia/ˈkɪrəbæs/
Kiribati proper noun: a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
Proper noun
Kiribati
- A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
- Synonyms:
- Gilbertese
Kiribati meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Kiribati in Hindi
- Republic of Kiribati
- किरिबाती kiribātī
Kiribati in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Kiribati in Marathi
- Republic of Kiribati
- किरिबाती kiribātī
Kiribati in Urdu
- Republic of Kiribati
- کیریباتی kiribātī
More languagesFewer languages
- Kiribati in Bengali
- কিরিবাস kiribaś
- Kiribati in Kannada
- ಕಿರಿಬಾತಿ
- Kiribati in Arabic
- كِيرِيبَاتِي kiribātī, كٍيرٍيبَاس kiribās
- Kiribati in Indonesian
- Kiribati
- Kiribati in Thai
- คิริบาส kí-rí-báas
Synonyms of Kiribati
Origin of Kiribati
From Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernest Sabatier (1954). "Kiribati" was chosen as the republic's name by Chief Minister Sir Ieremia Tabai and his cabinet to represent his country's modernisation and extent beyond the Gilbert Islands, which are natively known as Tungaru.
Words formed from Kiribati
Phrases with Kiribati
Questions about Kiribati
- What does Kiribati mean?
- Kiribati means a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- What is Kiribati in Hindi?
- Kiribati in Hindi is किरिबाती (kiribātī). See Kiribati meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kiribati?
- Kiribati is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kiribati?
- Kiribati is pronounced /ˈkɪrəbæs/ (Australia).
Words near Kiribati in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kiribati (page history and authors); Kiribati (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Kiribati (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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