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Solomon Islands

noun

The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth.

The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth. Synonym: Solomons.

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"Solomon Islands" Quotes from Famous Books

... islands the men who have worked out their three years' term of labour. This traffic in human beings is called the "labour trade," and is the life's blood, not only of the great German company, but of all the planters in Fiji, Queensland, New Caledonia, German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the New Hebrides. The difference between the labour trade, as it is now carried on under Government supervision, and the slave trade is a great one, but not great enough to please sensitive people. In Samoa the missionaries are not allowed by the company ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Solomon Islands" : land, Melanesia, country, Bougainville, Honiara, archipelago, Guadalcanal, state