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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An island dependency of New Zealand in the south-central Pacific Ocean east of Tonga. Inhabited largely by native Polynesians, it was annexed by Britain in 1900 and made part of New Zealand a year later, becoming internally self-governing in 1974. Alofi is the capital.

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  • proper noun Country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Niue.

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