New Hebrides
Britishplural noun
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Schab spent most of World War II in the Pacific with the Navy, going to the New Hebrides, now known as Vanuatu, and then the Mariana Islands and Okinawa.
From Seattle Times
Anthropologists believe Philip became linked to the legend in the 1960s when Vanuatu was an Anglo-French colony known as the New Hebrides.
From Reuters
Anthropologists believe Philip, who fitted the bill by marrying the Queen, became linked to the legend in the 1960s when Vanuatu was an Anglo-French colony known as the New Hebrides.
From Reuters
Ratard was born in Santo, New Hebrides, and “spent his youth under the coconut trees before having to go to College in grey and cold Paris, France,” he wrote in his biography at the Academia.edu website.
From Washington Times
Vanuatu, with roughly 80 islands stretching about 1,300 kilometers and a population near 300,000, was jointly controlled by the United Kingdom and France as the New Hebrides before it gained independence in 1980.
From Washington Times
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