Ponape
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Their carrier task force moved south to the New Guinea theater and struck Hollandia, moved north east for strikes at Truk, Satawan and Ponape.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the U.S. took the mid-Pacific island of Ponape from the Japanese, it fell heir to an unsolved mystery.
From Time Magazine Archive
A former New York police department chaplain, Costigan directs the Ponape agriculture and trade school, an isolated 200-acre experimental farm reachable only by boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Navy may intend to occupy nearby islands like Kusaie and Ponape, by-pass Truk.
From Time Magazine Archive
A wild hope had sprung up in her heart that she might reach the island of Ponape, which she knew was not many days' sail from Pingelap.
From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Becke, Louis
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