Palau

See also: palau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Palau

2. A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

   Synonyms: PW, PLW (symbols)

   • 1989, Douglas L. Oliver, “Social Relations”, in Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146:

     Another society in which wealth per se was highly valued was Palau, but wealth belonging to descent units and not to individuals. […]
     Palau society was divided into a large number of individually named, exogamous matriclans, and these were in turn subdivided into named matrilineages, each of which was a land-owning corporation and localized within a single community.

   • 2014 February 5, Edith M. Lederer, “Palau to ban commercial fishing, promote tourism”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 July 2023‎^[3]:

     The president of Palau declared Tuesday that his Pacific island nation will ban commercial fishing and become a marine sanctuary. […]
     Remengesau said establishing “a 100 percent marine sanctuary” will enable Palau to preserve “a pristine environment” and promote snorkeling, scuba diving and ecotourism as an alternative way to grow its economy.

   • 2016 February 17, Ian Urbina, “Palau vs. the Poachers”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 February 2016‎^[5]:

     Few places on the planet are as isolated as Palau, or as sprawling. Its 21,000 residents are scattered across a handful of its 250 islands, which take up just 177 square miles combined. Relatively poor, and with no military of its own, Palau employs a marine police division with just 18 members and one patrol ship.

   • 2021 October 14, Byron Kaye, “Tiny Pacific nation beats the world with 99% COVID vaccination, says Red Cross”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 14 October 2021, Asia Pacific‎^[7]:

     Fully 99% of Palau's population over 12 has had both shots of vaccine for the new coronavirus, the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) said, citing government figures which also show that this amounts to 16,152 people.
     That puts Palau, an archipelago of 500 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, in the "top spot", the IFRC said in a statement, ahead of countries like Portugal which was named one of the world's most vaccinated countries when 80% of its 10 million people were fully immunized last month.

   • 2024 December 5, Joyu Wang, Austin Ramzy, “Beijing Has Picked Off Taiwan’s Remaining Allies. Taiwan Is Fighting Back.”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 December 2024‎^[9]:

     While in Palau, Lai delivered a speech at its legislature and plans to open a government building complex that Taiwan helped to build. On Friday, Taiwan and Palau are set to conduct a joint maritime rescue drill, with Taiwan’s coast guard sending one of its newest domestically-made vessels from its southern port of Kaohsiung, in a possible rehearsal for showdowns with Chinese coast guard vessels in disputed regional waters.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Palau.

Derived terms

• Palauan

Translations

Republic of Palau

• Afrikaans: Palau, Belau
• Arabic: بَالَاو m (balāw)
• Armenian: Պալաու (Palau)
• Asturian: Paláu (ast)
• Balinese: Palau
• Bengali: পালাউ (bn) (palau)
• Betawi: Palau, Palo
• Breton: Palau
• Bulgarian: Палау (Palau)
• Burmese: ပလောင်း (pa.laung:)
• Catalan: Palau (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕勞 / 帕劳 (zh) (Pàláo), 帛琉 (zh) (Bóliú)

• Czech: Palau (cs)
• Danish: Palau (da)
• Dutch: Palau (nl)
• Esperanto: Belaŭo, Palaŭo (eo)
• Estonian: Belau (et), Palau
• Finnish: Palau (fi)
• French: Belau (fr), Palau (fr), Palaos (fr)
• Georgian: პალაუ (ka) (ṗalau)
• German: Palau (de)
• Greek: Παλάου (el) n (Paláou)
• Hindi: पलाउ (hi) m (palāu)
• Hungarian: Palau (hu)
• Indonesian: Palau (id)
• Interlingua: Palau
• Irish: Oileáin Palau m pl
• Italian: Palau (it)
• Japanese: パラオ (ja) (Parao)
• Javanese: Palau
• Khmer: ប៉ាឡូ (paalou)
• Korean: 팔라우 (ko) (Pallau), 벨라우 (ko) (Bellau) (North Korea)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: Palau (lt) f
• Macedonian: Пала́у (Paláu)
• Malay: Palau
• Maltese: il-Palaw
• Nahuatl: Palaos
• Norman: Îles Palau f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Palau

  Nynorsk: Palau (nn)

• Palauan: Belau
• Polish: Palau (pl), Belau (pl)
• Portuguese: Palau (pt)
• Romanian: Palau (ro) n
• Russian: Пала́у (ru) f or n (Paláu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Палау m

  Latin: Palau (sh) m

• Shan: ပႃႇလၢဝ်း (pàa láao)
• Spanish: Palaos (es)
• Sundanese: Palau
• Swedish: Palau (sv) n
• Thai: ปาเลา (th) (bpaa-lao)
• Turkish: Palau (tr)
• Turkmen: Palau
• Vietnamese: Pa-lau (vi)
• Wolof: Palau
• Yoruba: Paalu

See also

countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

• Ngerulmud
• Countries of the world

Further reading

• “Palau”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Palau”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Palau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Palau”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Palau”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026

Anagrams

• Lapua, Paula

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Belau

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania; capital: Ngerulmud)

Derived terms

• Palauer
• Palaus

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalau̯]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau n (indeclinable, relational adjective palauský, demonym Palauan, female demonym Palauanka)

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Related terms

• palau m inan
• palauština f

Further reading

• “Palau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑu̯/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧lau
• Hyphenation^(key): Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Declension

Inflection of Palau (Kotus type 18/maa, 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	—
abessive		Palautta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Palau (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Palauni — accusative nom. Palauni — gen. Palauni genitive Palauni — partitive Palautani — inessive Palaussani — elative Palaustani — illative Palauhuni — adessive Palaullani — ablative Palaultani — allative Palaulleni — essive Palaunani — translative Palaukseni — abessive Palauttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Palausi — accusative nom. Palausi — gen. Palausi genitive Palausi — partitive Palautasi — inessive Palaussasi — elative Palaustasi — illative Palauhusi — adessive Palaullasi — ablative Palaultasi — allative Palaullesi — essive Palaunasi — translative Palauksesi — abessive Palauttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Palaumme — accusative nom. Palaumme — gen. Palaumme genitive Palaumme — partitive Palautamme — inessive Palaussamme — elative Palaustamme — illative Palauhumme — adessive Palaullamme — ablative Palaultamme — allative Palaullemme — essive Palaunamme — translative Palauksemme — abessive Palauttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Palaunne — accusative nom. Palaunne — gen. Palaunne genitive Palaunne — partitive Palautanne — inessive Palaussanne — elative Palaustanne — illative Palauhunne — adessive Palaullanne — ablative Palaultanne — allative Palaullenne — essive Palaunanne — translative Palauksenne — abessive Palauttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Palaunsa — accusative nom. Palaunsa — gen. Palaunsa genitive Palaunsa — partitive Palautaan Palautansa — inessive Palaussaan Palaussansa — elative Palaustaan Palaustansa — illative Palauhunsa — adessive Palaullaan Palaullansa — ablative Palaultaan Palaultansa — allative Palaulleen Palaullensa — essive Palaunaan Palaunansa — translative Palaukseen Palauksensa — abessive Palauttaan Palauttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• palau
• palaulainen

Anagrams

• Lapua, Paula, lupaa, paalu, paula, pulaa

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

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

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Declension

Declension of Palau [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Palau
genitive	eines	des	Palaus
dative	einem	dem	Palau
accusative	ein	das	Palau

Derived terms

• palauisch

Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania; official name: Palaui Köztársaság)

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

See also

countries in Oceania: Ausztrália és Óceánia országai (appendix)edit

• Ausztrália
• Cook-szigetek
• Fidzsi-szigetek
• Kiribati
• Marshall-szigetek
• Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok, (loosely) Mikronézia
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Pápua Új-Guinea
• Salamon-szigetek
• Szamoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Új-Zéland
• Vanuatu

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlaw/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: Pa‧làu

Proper noun

Palau m

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Derived terms

• palauano

Anagrams

• apula

Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈlɑˑʊ]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Paláu m (uncountable, indeclinable, relational adjective palaujiẽtiškas, demonym palaujiẽtis, female demonym palaujiẽtė)

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania; official name: Paláu Respùblika)

See also

countries in Oceania: Okeãnijos valstýbės (appendix)edit

• Austrãlija
• Fi̇̀džis
• Kiribãtis
• Kùko Sãlos
• Máršalo Sãlos
• Mikronèzija
• Naujóji Zelándija
• Naùru
• Niùjė
• Paláu
• Pãpua Naujóji Gvinė́ja
• Saliãmono Sãlos
• Samòa
• Tònga
• Tuvãlu
• Vanuãtu

Further reading

• “Palau” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Related terms

• Karolinene
• palauer
• palauisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Related terms

• palauar
• palauisk

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.law/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alaw
• Syllabification: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau n (indeclinable, related adjective palauski)

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)
2. Palau (a commune and city in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy)

Derived terms

nouns

• Palauanka
• Palauańczyk

See also

countries in Oceania: kraje Oceanii (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Fidżi
• Kiribati
• Mikronezja
• Nauru
• Niue
• Nowa Zelandia
• Palau
• Papua-Nowa Gwinea
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
• Vanuatu
• Wyspy Cooka
• Wyspy Marshalla
• Wyspy Salomona

Further reading

• Palau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau m

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Derived terms

• palauano

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Palau n (genitive Palaus)

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Derived terms

• palauer
• palauisk
• palauiska

See also

countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

• Australien
• Cooköarna
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshallöarna
• Mikronesien
• Nauru
• Nya Zeeland
• Palau
• Papua Nya Guinea
• Salomonöarna
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

References

• “Palau”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• Paula

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Declension

Declension of Palau

	singular
nominative	Palau
accusative	Palau'yu
dative	Palau'ya
locative	Palau'da
ablative	Palau'dan
genitive	Palau'nun

Possessive forms of Palau

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Palau'm	Palaularım Palau'larım
senin (your)	Palau'n	Palauların Palau'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Palau'su	Palauları Palau'ları
bizim (our)	Palau'muz	Palaularımız Palau'larımız
sizin (your)	Palau'nuz	Palaularınız Palau'larınız
onların (their)	Palau'su Palauları Palau'ları	Palauları Palau'ları

Derived terms

• Palaulu

See also

countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Avustralya
• Cook Adaları
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Adaları
• Mikronezya
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua Yeni Gine
• Samoa
• Solomon Adaları
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Yeni Zelanda

Turkmen

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

1. Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)