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North Island
North Is·land
[
nàwrth lənd
]
island in New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the smaller and more northern of the country's two main islands.
Population: 2,749,980 (1996).
Area: 114,690 sq km (44,282 sq mi)
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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