Loyalty Islands

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a group of coral islands in the southern Pacific Ocean belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1,970 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

The closest landmass to the epicenter is the Loyalty Islands in the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2023

"While there are queues of voters at Noumea town hall in the capital, few voters are turning out so far in Kanak-majority areas in the Loyalty Islands and Northern Province."

From Reuters • Dec. 12, 2021

In Uea, one of the Loyalty Islands, the souls of the dead seem to have been credited with the power of stealing the souls of the living.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

The Dayspring, doing duty among the Loyalty Islands, left me, along with my dear wife, on Mare, there to await an opportunity of getting to New Caledonia, and thence to Sydney.

From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James

Caledonia, together with Loyalty Islands, Fortuna, and the New Hebrides group, have great wealth in the matter of resources.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)