Rarotonga
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Rarotongan adjective
Example Sentences
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For many in Rarotonga, there is a sense of futility when it comes to U.S.-China competition and deep-sea mining, even though technically the islands haven’t yet formally legalized mining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
New Zealand news site Stuff reports the visitor first developed symptoms on the day they left Rarotonga, the largest of the country's islands.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2022
The explorers arrived first on Rarotonga, the largest island in a chain now called the Cook Islands.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 22, 2021
About seven years ago he got into competitive ocean canoeing, and it has drawn him to events in Hawaii and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021
We is come," answered the man with the swallowtail, "from Aitutaki; we was go for Rarotonga.
From The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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