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    Guaiacum officinale (redirect from Gaïac)
    Guaiacum officinale, commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that...
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  • It has 12 rooms. It is served by the French restaurant Le Gaïac, named after the rare gaiac trees found in the vicinity. Simon, Jordan S. (19 March 2007)...
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    Americas and are commonly known as lignum-vitae, guayacán (Spanish), or gaïac (French). The genus name originated in Taíno, the language spoken by the...
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    tribes of New Caledonia. Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, gaiac or kohu they were used for war. Like all the Pacific clubs, their forms...
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    -60.94789 (Moulin à Vent) Mount Gaïac, 14°03′04″N 60°54′17″W / 14.05111°N 60.9047°W / 14.05111; -60.9047 (Gaïac) Paix Bouche (town), 14°01′08″N 60°56′19″W...
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  • Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is located at Plaine Des Gaiacs near the village...
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    Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, organisée par Dominique Berthet (Revues Gaiac et Recherches en esthétique)". La Revue des revues (in French). 52 (2):...
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    Liberty ships. The staging camp was supported by the nearby Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield. Naval Base Nepoui Fleet Post Office # was 625. After the war,...
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    vegetation is amazingly rich and varied. Some of the plant species found are the gaïac (Guaiacum officinale), the mapou (Myrsine australis) and the cashew tree...
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    major combat operations. Established on 14 December 1942 at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, on New Caledonia, 13 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat...
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  • Boss Bottled, Hugo Boss Black, Bvlgari Lolita Lempicka, Lolita Lempicka Gaiac 10, Le Labo Patchouli 24, Le Labo Bois d'Armenie, Guerlain Altikä, Yves...
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    Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 18 April 1943 Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 26 May 1943 (operated from Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield...
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    (PDF) on 8 November 2019. "Loi du 29 Fevrier 1904 sur I'exploitation du gaiac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2019. Calixte, Nyll...
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    the reserve. The endemic animal species recorded are Skink Désirade, the Gaïac, and Iguana Lesser Antilles (Iguana delicatissima). There are also few Green...
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    47278°E / -22.25833; 166.47278 (New Caledonia - Magenta Airfield) Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia Island, New Caledonia 21°15′59.1″S 164°54′42.1″E...
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    forest and dry forest, and include some rain forest species. Forest of gaiac (Acacia spirorbis) is found in drier areas, with a canopy up to 15 meters...
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    Airport) Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield New Caledonia 21°07′44″S 164°54′37″E / 21.12889°S 164.91028°E / -21.12889; 164.91028 (Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield) 850...
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    Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 3 October 1942 Detachment operated from: Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 3 October...
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    the outbreak of war in the Pacific continued at Fiji and two, Plaine Des Gaiacs and Tontouta in New Caledonia as well as Townsville in Australia. Ground...
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    Squadron B-17E Flying Fortress "Typhoon McGoon II" on Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia in January 1943...
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    Hawaii, 5 June 1942 Mokuleia Airfield, Hawaii, 8 July 1942 Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 22 July 1942 Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo...
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    Field, Oklahoma, where it was inactivated on 15 January 1944) Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 20 January 1943 – 25 January 1943 Luganville Airfield...
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    and for development of the major airbase to be carried out at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield. Sverdrup was working in Suva when he heard the news of the Japanese...
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    Airfield, Canton Island Airfield, Tontouta Airfield on Fiji, Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield on New Caledonia then to RAAF Base Townsville in Queensland, Australia...
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  • Reconnaissance Squadron operating Lockheed Hudson aircraft at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield in New Caledonia during July 1942. The squadron was assigned to...
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    Carolina, 3 August-30 September 1942 Detachments operated from: Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 25 October-29 November 1942 and Cairns Airport...
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  • sailing from Smyrna. She had been carrying silk, "Near eastern antiques", gaiac wood, and sponges. Babiole brought her into Ajaccio, Corsica, on 11 November...
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    sailing from Smyrna. She had been loading silk, "Near eastern antiques", gaiac wood, and sponges. Babiole brought her into Corsica on 11 November. On 5...
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    1942 Lockbourne Army Air Base, Ohio, 8 August-22 September 1942 Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 10 October 1942 Tontouta Airfield, New Caledonia...
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    to New Caledonia. Equipped with only ten B-26s and based at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, it became the first medium bombardment squadron...
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