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apparently named in the 1840s after the eponymous island easternmost within the group.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phoenix Islands
Today it means: a group of eight mostly uninhabited atolls and two submerged coral reefs in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati; geographically, the United States unincorporated territories of Baker and Howland Island are often considered northerly outliers from this group Full definition →