Solomon Islands

Definition: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Noun

1. The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth.

2. The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Solomon Islands

Crosswords: Solomon Islands

References

• The 2003 Import Potential of The Solomon Islands (reference)

• A Strategic Assessment of Solomon Islands,1999 edition (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Preparations of Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollucs in Solomon Islands (reference)

• The 2001 Solomon Islands Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Ships, Boats and Floating Structures in Solomon Islands (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Subsistence on Bellona Island (Mungiki) : a study of the cultural ecology of a Polynesian outlier in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (reference)

• Maekera : the life story of Hereditary Chief Nathan Kera and the Saikile community of Solomon Islands (reference)

• Headhunting in the Solomon Islands [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] (reference)

• Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Big Mala, Solomon Islands (reference)

• Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands (Pacific Anthropological Records No 21) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Globe Trekker: Pacific Islands - Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER at anchor in San Francisco Bay where it returned for repairs after two years in the Solomon Islands. The ship returned to see additional action in the Philippines and Okinawa. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

USS Saint Louis (CL-49) comes alongside USS Vestal (AR-4) for initial repair of torpedo damage received in the action. Photographed at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, about 20 July 1943. Credit: NAVY.

Captain Warren Frederick Martin Clemens, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defense Force (BSIPDF), with six members of the BSIPDF Scouts, on Guadalcanal circa the later part of 1942. Clemens identifies these men as (standing beside him): Daniel Pule (left) and Andrew Langabaea. Those seated are (left to right): Olorere, Gumu, Chaparuka and Chaku. Each of the Scouts is armed with a British SMLE #1 rifle. Clemens, the British Colonial Service District Officer on Guadalcanal, had remained on the island throughout its May-August 1942 occupation by the Japanese. Credit: NAVY.

Highlines mail to USS Honolulu (CL-48) during operations in the Solomon Islands area, circa early July 1943. Strong was torpedoed and sunk off New Georgia on 5 July 1943. Note the sign painted on Honolulu's starboard catapult: "No Smoking Abaft This Sign". Credit: NAVY.

Approaching USS Wasp (CV-7) on 17 August 1942, during operations in the Solomon Islands area. Note that her port anchor is missing, probably removed as a weight-saving measure. Also note her pattern camouflage. Credit: NAVY.

Ships of Task Force 18 in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, shortly before departing hurriedly to avoid the large-scale Japanese air attack that marked the beginning of the "I" Operation, 7 April 1943. Photographed from USS Fletcher (DD-445). USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) is partially visible at left. She was fatally damaged in this air attack and sank near Tulagi during salvage attempts. Light cruiser in center is USS Honolulu (CL-48). USS Saint Louis (CL-49) is behind her, to the right, with a Fletcher class destroyer beyond. Credit: NAVY.

Underway at high speed, during operations out of Rendova, Solomon Islands, in January 1944. She has been fitted with a 40mm gun forward and carries Mark XIII torpedoes. Note camouflaged canvas covers over her midships machine gun mounts. Credit: NAVY.

Operating in the Central Solomon Islands with other PT boats from the Rendova motor torpedo boat base, January 1944. Credit: NAVY.

Dead Japanese soldiers strewn over a beach on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, while U.S. Marines get the lay of the land and consolidate their positions. Credit: Library of Congress.

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. A jeep which is unable to proceed along the jungle road which has been made impassable by rain. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

A "major" market is defined as a country where Solomon Islands represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. (references)

From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Solomon Islands compared to other major country markets. (references)

Civil Liberties

Solomon Islands

The country's media consists of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a statutory body that comes directly under the Prime Minister's office and whose radio broadcasts are heard throughout the country; two other AM stations; a privately owned FM radio station; and three privately owned weekly or semiweekly newspapers. (references)

Economic History

Solomon Islands

U.S. trade with Solomon Islands is limited. (references)

Solomon Islands

Tourism, particularly diving, is an important service industry for Solomon Islands. (references)

Political Economy

Solomon Islands

The approximate per capita GNP is $578 (2,890 Solomon Islands dollars). (references)

Australia

Australia has also played a pivotal role in helping resolve ongoing disputes in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. (references)

Worker Rights

Solomon Islands

In June 1999, Solomon Islands Plantation Ltd. closed its facilities following attacks on its workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

SB (usual forms of handling), Salomonøerne, Salomon. (various references)

Dutch

Solomoneilanden, SB (starboard), Salomonseilanden. (various references)

Finnish

SB, Salomonsaaret. (various references)

French

SLB (Solomon Islands-ISO code), SB (Solomon Islands-ISO code), les Iles Salomon, Iles Salomon. (various references)

German

SLB (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), SB (s.a., seasonally adjusted, SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), Salomon-Inseln (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), Salomonen (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), die Salomonen. (various references)

Greek 

SB (synchronization burst), Νήσοι Σολομώντος. (various references)

Italian

SLB:Honiara:dollaro delle Isole Salomone (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), SB (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar), Salomone (Solomon), Isole Salomone, Isole Salomon (SLB:Honiara:Solomon Islands dollar). (various references)

Pig Latin

olomonsay islandsay

Portuguese

SB, Ilhas Salomão. (various references)

Russian 

соломоновы остров, Соломоновы Острова. (various references)

Spanish

islas salomón. (various references)

Swedish

Salomonöarna. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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-5 letters: mandolins, monsoonal, moonsails, nonsolids, salmonids, salmonoid.

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