Tokelau

/ ˈtəʊkəˌlaʊ /

plural noun

1. an island group in the South Pacific composed of three atolls, Nukunono, Atafu, and Fakaofo; dependent territory of New Zealand. Pop: 1368 (2012 est). Area: about 11 sq km (4 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The particular form of the disease to which the name Tokelau Ringworm should be applied has a very wide distribution.

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We always carried with us a heavy turtle-net, made of coir fibre, which I had bought two years before in the Tokelau Group.

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No wonder that the Samoans and natives of the Tokelau Islands term the leather-jacket isumu moana—the sea-rat.

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Now, in Tokelau, this fashion is called tu tagita , and showeth that a girl is in her virginity.

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I was thinking of sailing on a cruise among the Tokelau Islands in a day or two.

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