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Rarotonga

American  
[rar-uh-tong-guh] / ˌrær əˈtɒŋ gə /

noun

  1. one of the Cook Islands, in the S Pacific, 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).


Rarotonga British  
/ ˌrɛərəˈtɒŋɡə /

noun

  1. an island in the S Pacific, in the SW Cook Islands: the chief island of the group. Chief settlement: Avarua. Pop: 12 188 (2001). Area: 67 sq km (26 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The jockeying has divided Rarotonga, where chickens and dogs roam freely, and buildings aren’t allowed to be bigger than the tallest coconut trees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

New Zealand news site Stuff reports the visitor first developed symptoms on the day they left Rarotonga, the largest of the country's islands.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2022

The explorers arrived first on Rarotonga, the largest island in a chain now called the Cook Islands.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 22, 2021

About seven years ago he got into competitive ocean canoeing, and it has drawn him to events in Hawaii and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2021

In Rarotonga it was customary to mould a child's head into a high shape by pressing the forehead and the back of the head between slabs of soft wood.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer

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