Gilbert and Ellice Islands
English
Proper noun
Gilbert
and
Ellice
Islands
(
historical
)
A
British
protectorate
from 1892 and
colony
from 1916 until 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies that shortly afterward became the countries of
Kiribati
and
Tuvalu
.
Synonym:
Gilbert and Ellice
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