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“marquesas”

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Marquesas Islands

geographical name

islands in the South Pacific north of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia; capital Taiohae (on Nuku Hiva) area 480 square miles (1248 square kilometers), population 7358

see also marquesan


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