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Ni-Vanuatu

LC control no.sh2012000610
Topical headingNi-Vanuatu
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Variant(s)Vanuatuans
See alsoEthnology--Vanuatu
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Melanesians
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Found inOED online, Feb. 10, 2012: (Ni-Vanuatu: plural: Ni-Vanuatu; a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Vanuatu)
Britannica online, Feb. 10, 2012: Vanuatu (The indigenous population, called ni-Vanuatu, is overwhelmingly Melanesian, though some of the outlying islands have Polynesian populations)
Countries and their cultures WWW site, Feb. 10, 2012: (Ni-Vanuatu: The Ni-Vanuatu are the Melanesian people that make up the population of the Republic of Vanuatu)
National geographic style manual online, Feb. 10, 2012: (Vanuatuan: NGS accepts this spelling for a resident of Vanuatu, especially in passing reference when the use of ni-Vanuatu (the term used by the people of Vanuatu) might be confusing)