Wake
Island... Wake's Atoll... Wakeisland... Waker
Helsion... Halcyon... San Francisco... Otori...
The above names were used by
European, Asian or American explorers.
However, the atoll's real name was of Marshallese origin:
Eneen-Kio
Atoll
(meaning the
islands of the orange flower)
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Embedded in 2000 years of tradition, an aboriginal people now strive to rise above a mire of dependency, neglect and outright physical assaults from foreign invaders bearing atomic weapons, foreign ideologies and leaving broken trusts and hearts in their wake. Their heritage now is on the verge of re-discovery through these pages.
Begin your tour in the frame to the left, have fun and come again.