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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. The capital Palikir is located here. It also constitutes a state with two dozen smaller atolls.
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Catskills of New York; the traditional Maori eeling grounds of New Zealand; and an odd little volcanic island in the South Pacific called Pohnpei, where the population is divided, like something out of Dr. Seuss, between those (usually from the nearby island of Kosrae) who eat eels and those who think eels are sacred ancestors and would sooner eat a fellow human.
NYT > Home Page By PAUL GREENBERG 2010
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Catskills of New York; the traditional Maori eeling grounds of New Zealand; and an odd little volcanic island in the South Pacific called Pohnpei, where the population is divided, like something out of Dr. Seuss, between those (usually from the nearby island of Kosrae) who eat eels and those who think eels are sacred ancestors and would sooner eat a fellow human.
NYT > Home Page By PAUL GREENBERG 2010
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The smaller atolls in the Carolines, for example, were basically egalitarian in character, while high islands such as Pohnpei and the Marshall Islands had a highly developed system of chieftainships.
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When people ask me where they should visit, my first answer is always "Pohnpei".
Happy Hotelier 2008
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On Pohnpei, people come together regularly to drink Sakau, to discuss the day's issues, exchange stories and gossip.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands Ph.D. Michael Balick 2010
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On Pohnpei, people come together regularly to drink Sakau, to discuss the day's issues, exchange stories and gossip.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands 2010
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On the island of Pohnpei, the most powerful and important plant is known locally as Sakau.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands Ph.D. Michael Balick 2010
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On the island of Pohnpei, the most powerful and important plant is known locally as Sakau.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands 2010
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On the island of Pohnpei, the most powerful and important plant is known locally as Sakau.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands 2010
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On Pohnpei, people come together regularly to drink Sakau, to discuss the day's issues, exchange stories and gossip.
Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands 2010
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