Kiribati
/ˌkɪrɪˈbɑːti
/ /ˌkɪrɪˈbas /
A country in the SW Pacific including the Gilbert Islands, the Line islands, the Phoenix Islands, and Banaba (Ocean Island); population 112,900 (est. 2009); official languages, English and I-Kiribati (local Austronesian language); capital, Bairiki (on Tarawa).
Inhabited by Micronesian people, the islands were sighted by the Spaniards in the mid 16th century. Britain declared a protectorate over the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1892, and they became a colony in 1915. British links with the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) ended in 1975, and in 1979 Kiribati became an independent republic within the Commonwealth
Rhymes
- -itic
- itineracy
- itinerancy
- itinerant
- itinerary
- itinerate
- itineration
- -ition
- -itious
- -itis
- it is all up with
- it is high time that ——
- it isn't done
- it isn't over till the fat lady sings
- it is only a matter of time
- it is (or what) a small world
- -itive
- it'll
- it'll be all right on the night
- it makes no odds
- ITN
- it never rains but it pours
- I told you (so)
- Ito, Prince Hirobumi
- it (or that) (all) depends