Banaba

[ buh-nah-buh ]

noun

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

Banaba

/ bəˈnɑːbə /

noun

1. 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) Also calledOcean Island

Example Sentences

The exhaustion of phosphate reserves on Banaba Island led to hundreds more being settled in Fiji.

From Economist

Fishing licences, foreign aid and money sent home by workers abroad also play their part, as does a trust fund set up with revenues from phosphate mining on the island of Banaba.

From BBC

Fishing licences, foreign aid and money sent home by workers abroad also play their part, as does a trust fund set up with revenues from phosphate mining on the island of Banaba.

From BBC

Fishing licences, foreign aid and money sent home by workers abroad also play their part, as does a trust fund set up with revenues from phosphate mining on the island of Banaba.

From BBC

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

From BusinessWeek