adj
Meaning 1
From or relating to Palau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Palauan
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/
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name
Meaning 2
A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Someone from Palau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Palau Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Palauan From Palau + -an.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Palaus — from or relating to Palau
- Afrikaans: Belaus — from or relating to Palau
- Czech: palauský — from or relating to Palau
- Finnish: palaulainen — from or relating to Palau
- Galician: palauano — from or relating to Palau
- Icelandic: palaúiskur — from or relating to Palau
- Italian: palauano — from or relating to Palau
- Norwegian Bokmål: palauisk — from or relating to Palau
- Norwegian Nynorsk: palauisk — from or relating to Palau
- Romanian: palauan — from or relating to Palau
- Spanish: palauano — from or relating to Palau
- Swedish: palauisk — from or relating to Palau
- Afrikaans: Palaus — language
- Afrikaans: Belaus — language
- Chinese Cantonese: 帕勞語 /帕劳语 (paak3 lou4 jyu5) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 帕勞語 /帕劳语 (Pàláoyǔ) — language
- Min Nan Chinese: 帕勞語 /帕劳语 (Phà-lô-gú) — language
- Finnish: palau — language
- Galician: palauano — language
- Icelandic: palaúiska — language
- Italian: palauano — language
- Japanese: パラオ語 (Parao-go) — language
- Khmer: ប៉ាឡូ (paalou) — language
- Korean: 팔라우어 (pallaueo) — language
- Northern Kurdish: palawî — language
- Norwegian Bokmål: palauisk — language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: palauisk — language
- Portuguese: palauano — language
- Romanian: palauană — language
- Russian: палауский (palauskij) — language
- Russian: палау (palau) — language
- Russian: белау (belau) — language
- Swedish: palauiska — language
- Afrikaans: Palauer — someone from Palau
- Afrikaans: Belauer — someone from Palau
- Esperanto: palaŭano — someone from Palau
- Esperanto: palaŭanino — someone from Palau
- Finnish: palaulainen — someone from Palau
- French: Palaosien — someone from Palau
- French: Palaosienne — someone from Palau
- French: Palaois — someone from Palau
- French: Palaoise — someone from Palau
- Galician: palauano — someone from Palau
- Galician: palauana — someone from Palau
- German: Palauer — someone from Palau
- German: Palauerin — someone from Palau
- Icelandic: Palaúi — someone from Palau
- Italian: palauano — someone from Palau
- Marshallese: ri-Bōļau — someone from Palau
- Norwegian Bokmål: palauer — someone from Palau
- Norwegian Nynorsk: palauar — someone from Palau
- Romanian: palauan — someone from Palau
- Romanian: palauană — someone from Palau
- Spanish: palauano — someone from Palau
- Swedish: palauer — someone from Palau
- Turkish: Palaulu — someone from Palau