Definitions for cook islands
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1. Cook Islandsnoun

   A self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand.

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1. Cook Islands

   The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. It comprises 15 islands whose total land area is 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi). The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers 1,960,027 square kilometres (756,771 sq mi) of ocean.Since 2001, the Cook Islands has run its own foreign and defence policy. In recent decades, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly assertive foreign policy, and a Cook Islander, Henry Puna, currently serves as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum. Most Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, but they also have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens. The Cook Islands have been an active member of the Pacific Community since 1980. The Cook Islands' main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga (10,898 in 2021), where there is an international airport. The census of 2021 put the total population at 15,040. There is also a larger population of Cook Islanders in New Zealand and Australia: in the 2018 New Zealand census, 80,532 people said they were Cook Islanders, or of Cook Islands descent. The last Australian census recorded 28,000 Cook Islanders living in Australia, many with Australian citizenship.With over 168,000 visitors travelling to the islands in 2018, tourism is the country's main industry, and the leading element of the economy, ahead of offshore banking, pearls, and marine and fruit exports.

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1. Cook Islands

   The Cook Islands is a parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. It comprises 15 small islands whose total land area is 240 square kilometres. The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone, however, covers 1,800,000 square kilometres of ocean. The Cook Islands' defence and foreign affairs are the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation with the Cook Islands. In recent times, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly independent foreign policy. Although Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, they have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens. The Cook Islands' main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga, where there is an international airport. There is a much larger population of Cook Islanders in New Zealand, particularly the North Island. In the 2006 census, 58,008 self-identified as being of ethnic Cook Islands Māori descent. With about 100,000 visitors travelling to the islands in the 2010–11 financial year, tourism is the country's main industry, and the leading element of the economy, far ahead of offshore banking, pearls, and marine and fruit exports.

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cook islands in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cook islands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cook islands in a Sentence

1. Retno Marsudi:

   One of the steps that we are taking to connect is by opening diplomatic relationships with Cook Islands and Niue.

2. Retno Marsudi:

   We are connecting the dots between the 17,000 Indonesian islands and the thousands of Pacific islands, Australia and New Zealand, one of the steps that we are taking to connect is by opening diplomatic relationships with Cook Islands and Niue.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cook islands