Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island country of the western Pacific Ocean north of Fiji. Organized as a British protectorate in 1892, the islands became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1916 and achieved independence in 1978. Funafuti is the capital.
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- proper noun A
country inOceania . Official name: Tuvalu.
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- noun a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
- noun a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
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Examples
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Let every denier spend a day in Tuvalu or among the First Nation people in Nunavut and explain to them why they refuse to enact legislation in America that will prevent these people from either starving to death when the native food supply runs out, or sinking to a watery grave because the rise in ocean levels has decimated a once fertile island paradise.
Think Progress » Senator Of Katrina-Ravaged Louisiana Collaborates To Block Climate Action 2010
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The island nation of Tuvalu is disappearing under the sea, thanks to global warming.
Boing Boing: October 28, 2001 - November 3, 2001 Archives 2001
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At TAPPED, Alexandra Gutierrez posts about the island nation Tuvalu, which is "highly vulnerable to rises in sea level."
The Media Consortium: The Mulch: Tepid Accord Reached in Copenhagen 2009
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Countries and regions visited include cyclone-prone Bangladesh, China, Africa and the idyllic South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which is threatened by rising sea levels.
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The talks, which broke down on Wednesday in recriminations between developed and developing countries, had been clouded by opposition to a demand from low-lying island nation Tuvalu, which is pushing for the talks to lead to a legally binding agreement.
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The talks, which broke down on Wednesday in recriminations between developed and developing countries, had been clouded by opposition to a demand from low-lying island nation Tuvalu, which is pushing for the talks to lead to a legally binding agreement.
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Tuvalu, which is the problem-it's in need of some energy or at least more invention.
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Opposition came from countries such as the small island state of Tuvalu, which is worried about being drowned out by rising ocean levels, and countries who felt they were left out of the process, such as Venezuela.
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The talks, which broke down on Wednesday in recriminations between developed and developing countries, had been clouded by opposition to a demand from low-lying island nation Tuvalu, which is pushing for the talks to lead to a legally binding agreement.
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The talks, which broke down on Wednesday in recriminations between developed and developing countries, had been clouded by opposition to a demand from low-lying island nation Tuvalu, which is pushing for the talks to lead to a legally binding agreement.
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