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Banaba
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banaba
English
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Etymology
en gil.
Pronunciation
en /bəˈnɑːbə/
Proper noun
en island c/Kiribati in the ocean/Pacific Ocean, a former site of phosphate mining.
en Ocean Island
en 2021-06-08 Joshua Mcdonald The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/09/the-island-with-no-water-how-foreign-mining-destroyed-banaba The last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago. Alofa says elders would like to see Australia and New Zealand fund a team of researchers to travel to Banaba to assess the damage and repair the caves.
Derived terms
en Banaban