| NOUN | location | Gilbert Islands | a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii |
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| Meaning | A group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979. | |
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| Instance of | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
| Part of | Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati | An island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator |
| Region of | Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makin | battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943) |
| Spanish | Gilbert | |
| Catalan | Gilbert | |
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