- an island group in the South Pacific composed of three atolls, Nukunono, Atafu, and Fakaofo; dependent territory of New Zealand. Pop: 1368 (2012 est). Area: about 11 sq km (4 sq miles)
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Examples from the Web for tokelau
By the markings on his arms and chest he should be from the isles of the Tokelau.'
Now, in Tokelau, this fashion is called tu tagita , and showeth that a girl is in her virginity.
I was thinking of sailing on a cruise among the Tokelau Islands in a day or two.
No wonder that the Samoans and natives of the Tokelau Islands term the leather-jacket isumu moana—the sea-rat.Rdan The Devil And Other Stories
We always carried with us a heavy turtle-net, made of coir fibre, which I had bought two years before in the Tokelau Group.Yorke The Adventurer