Easter Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.

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Easter Island British  

noun

1. Polynesian name: Rapa Nui. Spanish name: Isla de Pascua. an isolated volcanic island in the Pacific, 3700 km (2300 miles) west of Chile, of which it is a dependency: discovered on Easter Sunday, 1722; annexed by Chile in 1888; noted for the remains of an aboriginal culture, which includes gigantic stone figures. Pop: 3791 (2002). Area: 166 sq km (64 sq miles)

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Easter Island

In Wild Horse Nine, a pair of CIA agents take a break from planning to overthrow Chile’s Marxist president to take a vacation on Easter Island.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Maybe the Faces of Elysian Valley, a traffic circle sculpture that Huckle said “looks like Easter Island in the middle of Cypress Park.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

More unorthodox still is Attia’s rhapsodic ode to rapamycin, a drug derived from an antifungal agent first discovered in the soil of a volcanic crater on Easter Island.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026

The first missionary arrived on Easter Island in 1864: By 1868 all the islanders had been baptized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

For instance, although the Polynesians who colonized Easter Island around A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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