An atoll of Tuvalu in the southern Pacific Ocean, consisting of several islets. It is the capital of the island state.
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(place) Capital of Tuvalu.
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Funafuti Sentence Examples
The chief groups, all yielding coco-nuts, pandanus fruit and yams, are Funafuti or Ellice, Nukulailai or Mitchell, Nurakita or Sophia, Nukufetau or De Peyster, Nui or Egg, Nanomana or Hudson, and Niutao or Lynx.
Borings and soundings taken at Funafuti in 1897 indicate almost beyond doubt that the whole of this Polynesian region is an area of comparatively recent subsidence.
The Funafuti borings (1897) show almost beyond doubt that Polynesia is an area of comparatively recent subsidence.