Palau

See also: palau

English

Etymology

Palauan Belau (Palau), traditionally derived from aidebelau (indirect replies) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (village), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (inhabited land, territory).

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈlaʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Palau

  1. A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau.

Derived terms

Translations

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Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑu/, [ˈpɑlɑu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
  • Syllabification(key): Pa‧la‧u

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Declension

Inflection of Palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative Palau
genitive Palaun
partitive Palauta
illative Palauhun
singular plural
nominative Palau
accusative nom. Palau
gen. Palaun
genitive Palaun
partitive Palauta
inessive Palaussa
elative Palausta
illative Palauhun
adessive Palaulla
ablative Palaulta
allative Palaulle
essive Palauna
translative Palauksi
instructive
abessive Palautta
comitative
Possessive forms of Palau (type rosé)
possessor singular plural
1st person Palauni Palaumme
2nd person Palausi Palaunne
3rd person Palaunsa

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German

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Palau n (proper noun, genitive Palaus or (optionally with an article) Palau)

  1. Palau (a country and archipelago in Micronesia)

Declension

Derived terms


Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒlɒu]
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧lau
  • Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Micronesia, Oceania)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Palau
accusative Palaut
dative Palaunak
instrumental Palauval
causal-final Palauért
translative Palauvá
terminative Palauig
essive-formal Palauként
essive-modal
inessive Palauban
superessive Palaun
adessive Palaunál
illative Palauba
sublative Palaura
allative Palauhoz
elative Palauból
delative Palauról
ablative Palautól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Palaué
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Palauéi
Possessive forms of Palau
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Palaum
2nd person sing. Palaud
3rd person sing. Palauja
1st person plural Palaunk
2nd person plural Palautok
3rd person plural Palaujuk

Derived terms

  • palaui

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau m

  1. Palau

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Palau, from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.law/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alaw
  • Syllabification: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau n (indeclinable)

  1. Palau (an archipelago and country in Micronesia)
  2. Palau (a commune and city in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy)

Further reading

  • Palau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Palau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈlaw/ [paˈlaʊ̯]

  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau m

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau n (genitive Palaus)

  1. Palau

Anagrams


Turkish

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Palaulu

See also


Turkmen

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (Palau).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau
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