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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island group of the central Pacific Ocean north of Samoa. The islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1889 following a series of raids by Peruvian slave traders, and came under New Zealand sovereignty in 1948.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A parasitic fungous skin disease occurring in the South Sea islands, formerly attributed to Trichophyton, but caused, according to Wehmor, by Aspergillus Tokelau.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Country in Oceania. Official name: Tokelau.
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Examples
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The State Services Commission also put out regular reports on the Tokelauan public service, including a guide to dealing with the Tokelau public service titled Ko te Vaka Tokelau (1987) which uses the analogy of a traditional outrigger canoe to represent the structure of the administrative system.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Samoa and the neighboring nation of Tokelau lie near the dateline that zigzags vertically through the Pacific Ocean; both sets of islands decided to realign themselves this year from the Americas side of the line to the Asia side to be more in tune with key trading partners.
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At present approximately 5000 images have been described in the database ranging from social anthropology in Papua New Guinea and Tokelau, to archaeology in Western Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand.
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At present approximately 5000 images have been described in the database ranging from social anthropology in Papua New Guinea and Tokelau, to archaeology in Western Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Legislative branch: unicameral General Fono (20 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Atafu has seven seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Nukunonu has six seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held 17-19 January 2008 (next to be held in 2011) election results: independents 20
Tokelau 2008
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Dependency status: self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status
Tokelau 2008
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Tokelauunicameral General Fono (20 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Atafu has seven seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Nukunonu has six seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held 17-19 January 2008 (next to be held in 2011) election results: independents 20
Legislative branch 2008
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GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tokelau
Tokelau 2008
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Tokelauself-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status
Dependency status 2008
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Tokelau formerly Union Islands, island group (1994 est.pop. 1,600), c. 5 sq mi (c. 12 sq km), South Pacific, a territory of New Zealand.
Tokelau The World Factbook 2008
bilby commented on the word Tokelau
Brave move to name your country after a parasitic skin disease.
August 26, 2022