Banaba

American

[buh-nah-buh] / bəˈnɑ bə /

noun

an island in the W central Pacific Ocean, in the Gilbert Islands group of Kiribati.

Banaba British

/ bəˈnɑːbə /

noun

Also called: Ocean Island. an island in the SW Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati. Phosphates were mined by Britain (1900–79). Area: about 5 sq km (2 sq miles). Pop: 301 (2005)

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Thirty-two of the islands are low-lying atolls; the 33rd, called Banaba, is a raised coral island that long ago was strip-mined for its seabird-guano-derived phosphates.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 21, 2013

This just so happened to be the same year that British mining companies took the last of the guano deposits from Banaba.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 21, 2013

Nabetari is quite well now, and he has gone back to Banaba as a laborer.

From Time Magazine Archive

And then one day Nabetari was blown onto the shore of a strange island called Ninigo, about 140 miles north of New Guinea and 1,800 miles away from Banaba.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be got in greater length and square than Banaba.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

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