tropical

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Tourism, which boomed in the 1980s, has declined sharply as the tropical island battles a three-decade bloody war with ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels.

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  1. adjective Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the Tropics.
  2. adjective Hot and humid; torrid.
  3. noun A tropical plant.

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  • It smelt like a tropical island, but was very cold. —  The Nursing Home Murder - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 03: 1935
  • Kalypso Media has announced an Xbox 360 version of Tropico 3, the tropical island settlement-series we gave 9 / 10 to, six years ago. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Reefs start out as fringing reefs, growing in the shallow waters just offshore of a tropical island. —  NASA Earth Observatory
  • Vanuatu, a tropical island in the South Pacific, is the home to the phenomenon of 'No Trademark' American Coca Cola bottles, a remnant of the Second World War. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Although she may know more about texting than you do, a well written piece about a girl's adventurous life on a tropical island may be a concept that is brand new to her and therefore very exciting. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
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