Cook Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the South Pacific belonging to New Zealand. 99 square miles (256 square kilometers).

Cook Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cook Islands¹

First recorded in 1875–80 as Cook's Islands; named after Captain James Cook

Example Sentences

As of April 2006, she had $144 million stashed in a trust in the Cook Islands.

From The Daily Beast

The British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Belize, and Switzerland.

From The Daily Beast

They lie some three hundred miles from the Hervey or Cook Islands, from which they are separated by the open sea.

From Project Gutenberg