Tubuai Islands

/ ˌtuːbuːˈaɪ /

plural noun

1. a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles) Also calledAustral Islands