The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934.
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Atoll
/ˈætɒl/
Synonyms for "atoll" (25 found)
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Noun(1 words)
coral island
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Proper Noun(1 words)
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The men apparently set out from Poluwat atoll in a seven-meter boat July 30 intending to travel about 43 kilometers to Pulap atoll when they sailed off course and ran out of fuel.
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Ziri was on a barren atoll.
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He was well satisfied to be bashaw of an atoll, unused to greater comfort as he was, and enamored of reef and palm, and the lazy, unstandardized life of the South Seas.
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