English to Somali Meaning of atoll - atoll

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Definitions of atoll in English

Noun(1) an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

Examples of atoll in English

(1) The main island, the Tarawa atoll , is only a few metres above sea level and houses around 40,000 people.(2) Reefs are generally divided into three categories; the barrier reef, the atoll , and the fringing reef.(3) All the islands were formed by volcanic activity and can be divided into atolls and high islands.(4) Hidden beneath the salty Pacific, the coral atolls along the northwestern Hawaiian chain put an abrupt end to many a daring seafarer's adventure.(5) Diving is generally within the atoll lagoons for the inexperienced, and outside the atolls on reef walls for the advanced.(6) The Maldives include nearly 1,200 islands in 15 major atolls spanning approximately 470 miles to just south of the equator.(7) The tsunami swamped up to 40 percent of the Maldives, an Indian Ocean string of 1,192 coral atolls 480 km southwest of the southern tip of India.(8) The northern islands are coral atolls that have formed over ancient sunken volcanoes and are characterized by outer reefs surrounding a lagoon.(9) Acknowledged as the world's greatest dive destination, however, are the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean with enough coral atolls and underwater life to satisfy the most demanding diver.(10) There are at least 1000 islands in the chain of 19 atolls which make up the Maldives.(11) The islands, atolls and reefs are believed to sit atop vast mineral and oil deposits.(12) The Marshall Islands are a group of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean.(13) On outer islands and atolls , however, most matters are settled internally, with little reliance on the state judicial apparatus.(14) Chants and oral traditions suggest native Hawaiians also visited other islands and atolls in the chain.(15) Banaba is a raised limestone island, but the other islands are all coral atolls , and most have lagoons.(16) The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,100 islands, islets, and atolls located southeast of the Asian mainland.

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