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kon tiki

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun kon tiki has 1 sense
  1. balsa raft, Kon Tiki - a light raft made of balsa
    --1 is a kind of raft

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Kon Tiki

Definition:

Kon Tiki refers to a raft designed by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. It gained fame in 1947 when Heyerdahl and his crew sailed on it from Peru to the Polynesian islands to prove the possibility of ancient South American civilizations reaching Polynesia.

Senses:

  • Noun: A raft built by Thor Heyerdahl to support his theory of ancient South American migration to Polynesia.

Examples:

Sample Sentence 1:

Thor Heyerdahl's adventurous expedition on the Kon Tiki demonstrated that ancient civilizations could have traveled vast distances using simple rafts.

Sample Sentence 2:

The Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, displays the original Kon Tiki raft, offering visitors a glimpse into Heyerdahl's daring voyage.

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