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    The Pitcairn Islands (/ˈpɪtkɛərn/ PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic...
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    Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific Ocean, of which many inhabitants are descendants of mutineers...
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  • Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the native inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory including...
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    Adamstown is the capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, the only British Overseas Territory that is located in the southern Pacific Ocean...
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  • In 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a...
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    The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture...
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  • son of John Pitcairn and brother of the midshipman Robert Pitcairn Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973), American violinist Feodor Pitcairn (1934–2021), American...
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    Major John Pitcairn (28 December 1722 – 17 June 1775) was a Scottish military officer. Born in Dysart, Fife, he enlisted in the Marine Forces at the age...
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    island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands. Measuring 9.6 by 5.1 kilometres...
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    The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place...
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  • Look up Pitcairn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pitcairn may refer to: Pitcairn Islands, in the South Pacific Pitcairn Island, the only inhabited...
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  • railroad magnate Robert Pitcairn and industrialist John Pitcairn. Pitcairn was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to John Pitcairn Sr. (1803–1884) and...
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    Pitcairn /ˈpɪtkɛərn/ is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located 12 miles (19 km) east of Pittsburgh's central business district...
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    David Pitcairn M.D. (1749–1809) was a Scottish physician. Born on 1 May 1749 in Fife, he was eldest son of Major John Pitcairn, who was killed at the battle...
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  • Pitkern (redirect from Pitcairn language)
    Pitkern, also known as Pitcairn-Norfolk or Pitcairnese, is a language spoken on Pitcairn and Norfolk islands. It is a mixture of English and Tahitian...
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    The Governor of Pitcairn is the representative of the British monarch in the Pitcairn Islands, the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific...
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    actually did have a full-time population of two between 1992 and 2006). Pitcairn Islands, settled by the survivors of the mutiny on the Bounty, is the smallest...
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    John Pitcairn Jr. (January 10, 1841 – July 22, 1916) was a Scottish-born American industrialist. With just an elementary school education, Pitcairn rose...
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  • of the house of Pitcairn, twenty-second in descent. James Pitcairn was born on 18 July 1776, the eldest son of the Rev Robert Pitcairn, of Brasenose College...
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  • Robert Pitcairn (1836 – 1909) was a Scottish-American railroad executive. Robert Pitcairn may also refer to: Robert Pitcairn (antiquary) (1793–1855),...
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    The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the south Pacific Ocean: the group comprises Pitcairn Island (a volcanic island), Henderson Island...
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    Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States. Examples include Borneo, the Pitcairn Islands and Taiwan (also known as Formosa). A commonly applied biogeographic...
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    Simon Young (mayor) (category English emigrants to the Pitcairn Islands)
    English-born Pitcairnese politician. He is currently Mayor of Pitcairn, the first non-native Pitcairn Islander to hold the position. He previously served as...
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    Robert Pitcairn (May 6, 1836 – July 25, 1909) was a Scottish-American railroad executive who headed the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad...
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    The Island Council is the legislature of the Pitcairn Islands. The Council has ten members, seven (five Councillors, the Mayor, and the Deputy Mayor) of...
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  • Raymond Pitcairn (1885 – July 12, 1966), son of PPG Industries founder John Pitcairn, was a lawyer, a businessman, a collector of ancient and medieval...
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    until 1948. Harold Frederick Pitcairn, the youngest son of PPG Industries founder John Pitcairn, Jr., founded Pitcairn Aircraft Company. The business...
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    The coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands is an official emblem of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands and was granted by royal warrant...
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    Ducie Island (category Articles containing Pitcairn-Norfolk-language text)
    uninhabited atoll in the Pitcairn Islands group, which also includes Pitcairn, Henderson and Oeno islands. Ducie lies east of Pitcairn Island, and east of...
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    Pitcairn House is a ruined 17th century laird's house, located in the modern Collydean residential area of Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. Pitcairn House...
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