gilbert and ellice islands

English Thesaurus

1. a former British possession in Micronesia (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	possession,
definition	:	a territory that is controlled by a ruling state (noun.location)

part meronym	:	federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt,
definition	:	a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 (noun.location)