Christmas [island] - Christmas

Japanese: クリスマス[島] - クリスマス
Christmas [island] - Christmas
An atoll in the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. 364 km2 . Named after J. Cook's arrival on Christmas Eve in 1777. Became a British colony in 1888. In 1919, it was incorporated into the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. It was used as a nuclear testing site by the UK from 1956 to 1958, and by the US from 1962 to 1963. It is currently part of Kiribati, and in 1981 it was renamed Kiritimati Island, which is closer to the Kiribati language. 5,586 people (2010).
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Japanese:
中部太平洋ライン諸島中の環礁。364km2。1777年クリスマス・イブにJ.クックが到来したことにちなんで命名された。1888年英領。1919年ギルバート・エリス諸島植民地に編入。1956年―1958年英国,1962年―1963年米国の核実験場とされた。現在キリバスに属し,1981年キリバス語に近いキリティマティ島に改称。5586人(2010)。
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