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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island group of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean east of Tahiti. Inhabited primarily by native Polynesian people, the islands were annexed by France in 1881.
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- noun a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia
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Your excellent, detailed view of Mataiva Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, South
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Rangiroa, part of the Tuamotu Archipelago, is the next port of call before the ship anchors in Raiatea for a two-day stay.
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The territory comprises five main groups: the Society Islands; Marquesas Islands; Austral Islands; Tuamotu Archipelago; and Gambier Islands.
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Tuamotu Archipelago; Alvin and Gertrude Blum, Solomon Islands; Bernard
Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927
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Islands, Marshall Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, assigned to the National
Dawn of a New Day 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927
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Bow of a boat, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
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