Palauan

English

Alternative forms

• Belauan

Etymology

Palau +‎ -an

Proper noun

Palauan

1. 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.

Translations

language

• Finnish: palau (fi)
• Galician: palauano m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palauisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: palauisk m

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• Romanian: palauană f
• Russian: палауский (palauskij), палау (ru) (palau), белау (belau)
• Swedish: palauiska (sv) c

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Palauan, pau ⁠

Noun

Palauan (plural Palauans)

1. Someone from Palau.

Translations

someone from Palau

• Esperanto: palaŭano (man or woman), palaŭanino (woman)
• Finnish: palaulainen (fi)
• French: Palaosien (fr) m, Palaosienne (fr) f, Palaois (fr) m, Palaoise (fr) f
• Galician: palauano m, palauana f
• German: Palauer (de) m, Palauerin (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palauer (no) m

  Nynorsk: palauar m

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• Romanian: palauan m, palauană f
• Spanish: palauano (es) m
• Swedish: palauer (sv) c
• Turkish: Palaulu (tr)

Adjective

Palauan (not comparable)

1. From Palau

Translations

from Palau

• Czech: palauský
• Finnish: palaulainen (fi)
• Galician: palauano m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palauisk (no)

  Nynorsk: palauisk

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• Romanian: palauan
• Spanish: palauano (es) m
• Swedish: palauisk (sv)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Palauan, pau ⁠