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Cook Islands
plural noun
- a group of islands in the South Pacific belonging to New Zealand. 99 square miles (256 square kilometers).
Cook Islands
plural noun
- 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)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Cook Islands1
First recorded in 1875–80 as Cook's Islands; named after Captain James Cook
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Example Sentences
As of April 2006, she had $144 million stashed in a trust in the Cook Islands.
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The British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Belize, and Switzerland.
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They lie some three hundred miles from the Hervey or Cook Islands, from which they are separated by the open sea.
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