Pitcairn Island: Meaning and Definition of

Pit'cairn Is'land

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  1. a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 74; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
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