ellice islands

English Thesaurus

1. a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	archipelago,
definition	:	a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object)

part holonym	:	tuvalu,
definition	:	a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978 (noun.location)

part meronym	:	federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt,
definition	:	a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 (noun.location)