Niue meaning

nyo͝o'ā
An island dependency of New Zealand in the south-central Pacific Ocean east of Tonga. Inhabited largely by native Polynesians, it was annexed by Britain in 1900 and made part of New Zealand a year later, becoming internally self-governing in 1974. Alofi is the capital.
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Island in the SC Pacific, east of Tonga: a self-governing territory in association with New Zealand: 101 sq mi (261 sq km)
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Sentence Examples

  • Their conquests have extended as far as Niue, or Savage Island, 200 m.

  • NIUE (SAVAGE ISLAND or Niue-Fekai, as the natives call it), an island in the South Pacific Ocean, 14 m.

  • Rarotonga and Mangaia, in the Cook group, and Niue or Savage Island are the largest of these; Penrhyn and Suwarrow, though but small coral atolls, contain excellent harbours.

  • In 1846 a teacher was placed on Niue, Savage Island, and in ten years it was evangelized.

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