An atoll in the western Pacific, in the northern Marshall Islands at the northwestern end of the Ratak group, east of Bikini. It was evacuated in the 1980s because of contamination from 1950s nuclear tests at Eniwetok.
Definition of Rongelap in US English:
Rongelap
proper nounˈräNGəˌlap
An atoll in the western Pacific, in the northern Marshall Islands at the northwestern end of the Ratak group, east of Bikini. It was evacuated in the 1980s because of contamination from 1950s nuclear tests at Eniwetok.