Crossword-Solution: VAVAU
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| District in Tonga Islands. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
ALSDOR
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with VAVAU (5)
Having obtained as much palm-oil as we required, we now steered to the south-west for Vavau, one of the Friendly Islands, of which the civilised King George is the ruler.
Soon after we had dropped anchor, an old native gentleman came off in a large canoe, and introduced himself as the Viceroy of Vavau, and begged to know the object of our visit.
They were soon on board, and arrived safely in Fiji, where they remained till the death of the king enabled them to return to Vavau.
Other chiefs from the two groups of islands to the north, Vavau and Haabai, in the course of the year sent to petition for teachers, or rather, one sent, being indifferent about the matter; the latter, Tui-Haabai, as he was called, came to Tonga in person.
The reply to any expostulation was, `We can labour when you are gone: let us while you stay learn how to worship God.' Afterwards two native teachers were sent to Vavau, till a missionary could be spared for them.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1942).