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Tuvalu
     n 1: a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part
          of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands
          until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the
          United Kingdom in 1978
     2: a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii
        [syn: {Ellice Islands}]