| Definition of 'new hebrides' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides
a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. new hebrides
a group of some 30 volcanic Islands (20 inhabited) in the Western Pacific, lying W. of the Fiji Islands and NE. of New Caledonia; is nominally a possession of Britain, and inhabited by cannibals of the Melanesian race. Missionary enterprise has had some effect in the southern islands; Espiritu Santo (70 m. by 40) is the largest.
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