Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Chile in the southern Pacific Ocean about 3,700 km (2,300 mi) west of the mainland. Inhabited by Polynesians since the fifth century AD and encountered by Dutch explorers on Easter Day, 1722, the island is famous for its colossal heads carved from volcanic rock. These ancient remains are of uncertain age but are believed to date from the period from roughly 1000 to 1600.
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- proper noun An island in the south
Pacific , belonging toChile famous for itsmoai monuments.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rapa Nui is commonly known as Easter Island and is distinguished by ancient monoliths with faces.
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But despite the latest totemic rebranding, it is still most popularly known as Easter Island, from the auspicious Sunday when Dutch explorer Admiral Jakob Roggeveen dropped anchor in 1722.
Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part I of II) Richard Bangs 2011
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And recently I was in Easter Island, which is an incredibly beautiful place, and an incredibly mysterious place, because no matter where you go in Easter Island, you're struck by these statues, called the moai.
Nathan Myhrvold on archeology, animal photography, BBQ ... Nathan Myhrvold 2007
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And recently I was in Easter Island, which is an incredibly beautiful place, and an incredibly mysterious place, because no matter where you go in Easter Island, you're struck by these statues, called the moai.
Nathan Myhrvold on archeology, animal photography, BBQ ... Nathan Myhrvold 2007
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And recently I was in Easter Island, which is an incredibly beautiful place, and an incredibly mysterious place, because no matter where you go in Easter Island, you're struck by these statues, called the moai.
Nathan Myhrvold on archeology, animal photography, BBQ ... Nathan Myhrvold 2007
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Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is one of the more famous islands on Earth.
Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests 2007
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Nineteenth century immigrants carried the tree from India to Fiji, and it has since spread to other islands in the South Pacific, even to Easter Island, which is hardly known as a place for trees.
9 Reforestation 1992
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Leaving Mas-a-Fuero, Byron changed his route, with the intention of seeking Davis Land, now known as Easter Island, which was placed by geographers in 27 degrees 30 minutes, a hundred leagues westward of the American coast.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, is about 2000 miles from both Chile and Tahiti, which pretty much situates it in the middle of nowhere, suggests author Lisa Shusterman.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said it was heading towards Easter Island, which is being evacuated.
euronews 2010
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