Kabua the Great, Marshallese iroijlaplap (born c. 1820)

Kabua the Great

Kabua the Great, also Kabua Laplap, was a Marshallese iroij whom the German Empire recognized as the king of the Marshall Islands. From 1863 until his death in 1910, he claimed to be the paramount chief, or iroijlaplap, of the Ralik Chain, though his cousin Loiak also claimed…

Iroijlaplap

Marshallese title

Iroijlaplap are the traditional paramount chiefs in the Marshall Islands. Ordinary chiefs bear the title of Iroij ; -ļapļap is a superlative suffix.

July 4

Day of the year

July 4 is the 185th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 180 days remain until the end of the year.