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Ponape

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[poh-nuh-pey, pon-uh-] / ˈpoʊ nəˌpeɪ, ˈpɒn ə- /
Also Pohnpei

noun

  1. an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).


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The Navy may intend to occupy nearby islands like Kusaie and Ponape, by-pass Truk.

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

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

I have promised Nerida to go back to Babelthouap, or somewhere in the Pelews, and Motley has promised to land us at Ponape, in the Carolines.

From By Reef and Palm by Becke, Louis