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British Indian Ocean Territory
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English
British Indian Ocean Territory
Proper noun
British Indian Ocean Territory
en An <<archipelago>> and overseas territory of the <<c/United Kingdom>> that is used as a US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Indonesia.
en 4 April 2025 Ottlie Mitchell Tiffanie Turnbull 'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list BBC News A handful of other Australian territories were also hit by the new tariffs, in addition to the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, the Falkland Islands and The British Indian Ocean Territory. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250406222143/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8xlj0485o
Translations
UK overseas territory
Arabic: ar إِقْلِيم الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِي الْبِرِيطَانِيّ
Bengali: bn বিলাতী ভারতীয় মহাসাগরীয় এলাকা bilatī bharôtīẏô môhaśagôrīẏô elaka
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 英屬印度洋領地 Yīngshǔ Yìndù Yáng Lǐngdì
Danish: da
Estonian: et Briti India ookeani ala
Farefare: gur Indo-ateko Ɩŋɔ-so'olʋm, gur Ɩŋɔ-so'olʋm Indo-ateko
Finnish: fi Brittiläinen Intian valtameren alue
French: fr Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien f
German: de Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean n
Hindi: hi ब्रिटिश हिंद महासागर क्षेत्र m
Irish: ga Críoch Aigéan Indiach na Breataine f
Japanese: ja イギリス領インド洋地域 Igirisu-ryō Indo-yō chiiki
Macedonian: mk Британска Индоокеанска Територија f
Norman: nrf Territouaithe Britannique d'l'Océan Îndgien f
Polish: pl Brytyjskie Terytorium Oceanu Indyjskiego n
Russian: ru Брита́нская террито́рия в Инди́йском океа́не f
Thai: th บริติชอินเดียนโอเชียนเทร์ริทอรี Brí-dtít In-diian Oo-chîian Tee-rí-tɔɔ-rîi
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