{"id":47230,"count":1,"description":"Ebeye (\u00a0\/\u02c8i\u02d0ba\u026a\/ ee-by; Marshallese: Epj\u0101, \/\u0266\u02b2\u025cp\u02b2t\u02b2a\u0266\u02b2\/ or [\u025b\u032f\u025bb\u025b\u0291\u00e6\u00e6\u032f]; locally, Ibae, \/\u0266\u02b2\u0268p\u02e0a\u0266\u02e0\u0266\u02b2\u025c\u0266\u02b2\/ or [ji\u0361\u026fb\u0334\u0251\u0295\u025b\u032f\u025b\u025b\u032f], after the English pronunciation) is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the archipelago. Settled on 80 acres (360,000\u00a0m\u00b2) of land, it has a population of more than 15,000. Over 50% of the population is estimated to be under the age of 18. With crowded living conditions, an inadequate school system, and scarce clean water, Ebeye has been known by the unofficial title of \"Slum of the Pacific.\"\nWhen Christian missionaries first arrived in the Marshall Islands, they introduced Latin script writing and orthographized the Marshallese language. Originally, Ebeye was written Ebeje by Europeans and pronounced approximately [\u025b\u032f\u025bb\u025b\u0291\u00e6\u00e6\u032f], which (according to elders of the atoll) means \"making something out of nothing.\" However, the colonial German administration mispronounced...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/ebeye\/","name":"Ebeye","slug":"ebeye","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/47230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=47230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}