Ponape
Americannoun
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Ponape natives call it Nanmatol, but they shun it superstitiously and have only the flimsiest traditions to explain why people built it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says Ponape District Attorney Minor Pounds, a native Texan: "If we're going to have a Western society, some of our Western standards will have to start rubbing off on the common man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Best known of the missionaries is Father Hugh F. Costigan, who runs the Jesuits' Ponape Agricultural and Trade School, training 160 Micronesians at a time in such basic skills as mechanics, construction and animal husbandry.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Germany owned Ponape before World War I, a few scientists made sketchy reports.
From Time Magazine Archive
The king of Ponape, one of the Caroline Islands, must wear his hair long, and so must his grandees.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
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