Tuvalu
English
Etymology
From Tuvaluan meaning "eight standing together" in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island was inhabited in 1949. Compare to *walo meaning "eight" in Proto-Austronesian.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Tuvalu
- A country in Oceania.
Related terms
Translations
country in Oceania
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See also
Anagrams
Czech
Proper noun
Tuvalu
Related terms
Finnish
Proper noun
Tuvalu
Declension
Inflection of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Tuvalu | — | |
genitive | Tuvalun | — | |
partitive | Tuvalua | — | |
illative | Tuvaluun | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Tuvalu | — | |
accusative | nom. | Tuvalu | — |
gen. | Tuvalun | ||
genitive | Tuvalun | — | |
partitive | Tuvalua | — | |
inessive | Tuvalussa | — | |
elative | Tuvalusta | — | |
illative | Tuvaluun | — | |
adessive | Tuvalulla | — | |
ablative | Tuvalulta | — | |
allative | Tuvalulle | — | |
essive | Tuvaluna | — | |
translative | Tuvaluksi | — | |
abessive | Tuvalutta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Tuvalu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Tuvalus)
Italian
Proper noun
Tuvalu m
Norwegian Bokmål
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/220px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png)
Proper noun
Tuvalu
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Tuvalu
Related terms
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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Derived terms
- adjective: tuwalski
Portuguese
Proper noun
Tuvalu m
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Oceania)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tuvalu ?
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