Funafuti

[ foo-nuh-foo-tee ]

/ ˌfu nəˈfu ti /

a village in and the capital of Tuvalu.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

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It will thus be seen that the verdict of Funafuti is clearly and unmistakeably in favour of Darwin's theory.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
On an island in the Southern Sea, Funafuti, a deep boring has been made 1,114 ft. deep.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight|J. Cecil Hughes
Then I bade good-bye to the natives, who started off for Funafuti with many expressions of goodwill to their fellow-mutineer.
The Call Of The South|Louis Becke
Halimeda grows abundantly over the floor of the lagoon of Funafuti, and has been observed in many other lagoons.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4|Various

The Funafuti borings show almost beyond doubt that Polynesia is an area of comparatively recent subsidence.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4|Various