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Kiritimati

/kəˈɹɪsməs/

Kiritimati proper noun: an island of Kiribati, also called Christmas Island.

Proper noun

Kiritimati

  1. An island of Kiribati, also called Christmas Island.
    • To enumerate people on Kiritimati island (or Christmas island) one needs to fly and stay overnight in Fiji before flying to Kiritimati island.2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance^(https://web.archive.org/web/20190819052204/https://www.mfed.gov.ki/sites/default/files/2015%2...

Origin of Kiritimati

Borrowed from Gilbertese Kiritimati (“Christmas”), from English Christmas.

Words that rhyme with Kiritimati

Questions about Kiritimati

What does Kiritimati mean?
Kiritimati means an island of Kiribati, also called Christmas Island.
What part of speech is Kiritimati?
Kiritimati is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kiritimati?
Kiritimati is pronounced /kəˈɹɪsməs/.

Words near Kiritimati in the dictionary

  1. kirins
  2. Kiriri
  3. Kiriris
  4. Kirishima
  5. Kirishimas
  6. Kiritimati
  7. kirituhi
  8. Kiriwina
  9. Kiriwinan
  10. Kiriwinans
  11. kirk

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