Merig is a small island located 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu. The island is about 800 metres (2,600...
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Washington United States Mercury New Zealand Merelava Banks Islands Vanuatu Merig Banks Islands Vanuatu Metinic Maine United States Metoma Torres Islands...
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Name Population Area in km2 Gaua 2,491 342 Kwakéa 26 1.2 Merelava 647 18 Merig 12 0.5 Mota 683 9.5 Motalava 1,451 24 Ra 189 0.5 Ureparapara 437 39 Vanua...
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Joan Coromines says that Meritxell is a diminutive of merig, from the Latin meridiem ("midday"). Merig is a name used by shepherds to denote a pasture with...
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Nawila Ravenga Gaua (Santa Maria Island) Mota Mota Lava (Saddle) Ra Island Merig Mere Lava Sanma Province Espiritu Santo Dany Island Araki Island Elephant...
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Mwerlap language (redirect from Merig language)
Banks Islands in Vanuatu. Its 1,100 speakers live mostly in Merelava and Merig, but a fair proportion have also settled on the east coast of Gaua island...
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also brought from the other islands to breed intersex pigs on Merelava and Merig islands. Baker's dissections showed that all the animals he looked at had...
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waded through at low tide, is the tiny islet of Ra. The islands of Mota, Merig, and Merelava complete the southeastern part of the archipelago. The principal...
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community, the members of which have come from the two smaller islands Merig and Merelava, that lie southeast of Gaua. The largest village on Gaua is...
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the Hapsburg monarch, including Espiritu Santo, Gaua, Maewo, Merelava, Merig, Ureparapara, Vanua Lava. He claimed the land for Spain and established...
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*mʷerelaβa, literally “the big boy”; it contrasts with the neighboring island M̄erig [ŋ͡mʷeriɣ], from *mʷera riɣi “the small boy”. These words refer metaphorically...
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