Funafuti

[ foo-nuh-foo-tee ]

/ ˌfu nəˈfu ti /

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a village in and the capital of Tuvalu.

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Question 1 of 7

Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

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
A year had come and gone, and the Venus again lay at anchor in the broad lagoon of Funafuti.
Susni|Louis Becke
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
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

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