Meanings
proper noun
- An island of Kiribati, also called Christmas Island.
To enumerate people on Kiritimati island (or Christmas island) one needs to fly and stay overnight in Fiji before flying to Kiritimati island.
2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance^(https://web.archive.org/web/20190819052204/https://www.mfed.gov.ki/sites/default/files/2015%20Population%20Census%20Report%20Volume%201(final%20211016).pdf), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019, page 9
Origin
- EnglishChristmas
- GilberteseKiritimati“Christmas”
- EnglishKiritimati
Borrowed from Gilbertese Kiritimati (“Christmas”), from English Christmas.
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APA
Kiritimati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiritimati
MLA
“Kiritimati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiritimati. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiritimati,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiritimati.
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