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单词 stewart island
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Stewart Island


Stewart Island

A volcanic island of southern New Zealand off the southern coast of South Island. It was purchased by Britain from its original Maori inhabitants in 1864.

Stewart Island

n (Placename) the third largest island of New Zealand, in the SW Pacific off the S tip of South Island. Pop: 387 (2001). Area: 1735 sq km (670 sq miles)

Stew′art Is′land

(ˈstu ərt, ˈstyu-)
n. one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).

Stewart Island


Stewart Island,

island, 674 sq mi (1,746 sq km), S New Zealand, 20 mi (32 km) S of the South Island across Foveaux Strait. Halfmoon Bay is the main settlement. A mountainous and scenic island, it is a summer resort. Frozen fish and granite are exported. Seen by Cook in 1770, it was proved to be an island by American sealers in 1804. The MaoriMaori
, people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands, believed to have migrated in early times from other islands of Polynesia. Maori tradition asserts that seven canoes brought their ancestors to New Zealand.
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 called it Rakiura, "Island of the Glowing Sky."

Stewart Island

the third largest island of New Zealand, in the SW Pacific off the S tip of South Island. Pop.: 387 (2001). Area: 1735 sq. km (670 sq. miles)
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