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Kiritimati

American  
[kuh-ris-muhs] / kəˈrɪs məs /

noun

  1. Christmas Island.

Kiritimati British  
/ kəˈrɪsmæs /

noun

  1. Former name: Christmas Island.  an island in the central Pacific, in Kiribati: one of the Line Islands; the largest atoll in the world. Pop: 5115 (2005)

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The island of Kiritimati - an atoll in the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati - became the first place to enter 2026.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

From 1997 to 2016, Cobb dived at one of the tiny islands of Kiritimati in the Pacific, monitoring the effects of climate change and El Nino on a delicate coral reef there.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2022

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