Banaba. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Banaba

SYLLABICATION:	Ba·na·ba
PRONUNCIATION:	b-näb
VARIANT FORMS:	or O·cean Island ( shn)
	An island of Kiribati in the west-central Pacific Ocean. First visited by the British in 1804, the island was annexed in 1900 and served as the capital of the colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II.


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