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Vanua Levu

American  
[vuh-noo-uh lev-oo] / vəˈnu ə ˈlɛv u /

noun

  1. an island in the S Pacific, one of the Fiji Islands. 2,137 sq. mi. (5,535 sq. km).


Vanua Levu British  
/ vɑːˈnuːə ˈlɛvuː /

noun

  1. the second largest island of Fiji: mountainous. Area: 5535 sq km (2137 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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Recent field surveys have focused on the remote western part of Vanua Levu, the second-largest island in the archipelago.

From Slate Jun. 21, 2016

Most of the 650,000 metric tons on the island of Vanua Levu survived.

From Washington Times Mar. 4, 2016

Last year the Kiribati government bought 20 sq km of land on Vanua Levu, one of the Fiji islands, in case its people cannot be moved internally.

From The Guardian Oct. 6, 2015

Power, water, sewage and communications were still disrupted in many northern areas, but a key airport at Labasa in northern Vanua Levu had reopened for emergency supply flights.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2010

Ratu Lala, however, wished me to proceed in his boat straight across to the island of Vanua Levu, and walk across a long stretch of very rough country to the Wainunu River.

From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by Walker, H. Wilfrid

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