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Kiritimati

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Contemporary World History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Kiritimati (Christmas Island), see Kiribati

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