Nauruan

See also: nauruan

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Nauru

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Nauruan

From Nauru + -an.

Pronunciation

• enPR: näo͞oʹro͞oən, IPA^(key): /nɑːˈuːɹuːən/, /naʊˈɹuːən/
• Rhymes: -uːɹuːən

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Nauruan (plural Nauruans)

1. A person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.

   Synonym: dei-Naoero

   • 2024, Nauru Britannica:

     Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice.

Translations

person from Nauru

• Afrikaans: Nauruaan
• Asturian: nauruanu (ast) m, nauruana (ast) f
• Catalan: nauruà (ca) m
• Dutch: Nauruaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: naurano (man or woman), nauranino (woman)
• Finnish: naurulainen (fi)
• French: Nauruan (fr), Nauruane (fr) f
• German: Nauruer (de) m, Nauruerin (de) f
• Icelandic: Naúrúi (is) m
• Interlingua: nauruano
• Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nauruer m

  Nynorsk: nauruar m

• Polish: nauruańczyk m, nauruanka f
• Portuguese: nauruano (pt) m, naoerano
• Romanian: nauruan m, nauruană f
• Russian: науруанец (ru) m (nauruanec), науруанка f (nauruanka)
• Spanish: nauruano (es)
• Turkish: Naurulu (tr)

Adjective

Nauruan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauruan language.

   Synonym: dei-Naoero

Translations

pertaining to Nauru

• Afrikaans: Nauruaans
• Asturian: nauruanu (ast)
• Catalan: nauruà (ca)
• Czech: nauruský (cs)
• Dutch: Nauruaans (nl)
• Finnish: naurulainen (fi); naurunkielinen (of language)
• French: nauruan (fr)
• German: nauruisch (de)
• Icelandic: naúrúskur
• Interlingua: nauruano
• Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naurisk

  Nynorsk: naurisk

• Portuguese: nauruano (pt)
• Romanian: nauruan
• Russian: науруанский (nauruanskij)
• Spanish: nauruano (es)

Proper noun

Nauruan

1. The language of Nauru

Translations

language of Nauru

• Afrikaans: Nauruaans
• Asturian: nauruanu (ast)
• Bulgarian: науруански m (nauruanski)
• Czech: naurština f
• Dutch: Nauruaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: naura lingvo
• Finnish: nauru (fi)
• French: nauruan (fr) m
• German: Nauruisch (de) n or m
• Icelandic: naúrúska f
• Italian: naurano (it) m
• Japanese: ナウル語 (ja) (Nauru-go)
• Korean: 나우루어 (naurueo)
• Lithuanian: nauriečių kalba (lt)
• Macedonian: науруански m (nauruanski)
• Nauruan: dorerin Naoero (na)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naurisk m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} naurisk m

• Polish: nauruański (pl) m
• Portuguese: nauruano (pt) m
• Romanian: nauruană f
• Russian: науруанский m (nauruanskij)
• Spanish: nauruano (es) m
• Swahili: Kinauru
• Ukrainian: науруанська f (nauruansʹka)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nauruan terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code na, ISO 639-3 code nau (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Nauruan, nau ⁠