Vanuatu

See also: Vanuatú

English

Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn.uːˈɑː.tuː/
• IPA^(key): /vɑ.nuˈɑ.tu/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Vanuatu

2. A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu.

Holonyms

• Melanesia

Derived terms

• Vanuatuan
• ni-Vanuatu

Translations

Republic of Vanuatu

• Arabic: فَانْوَاتُو m (fanwātū)
• Armenian: Վանուատու (Vanuatu)
• Bengali: ভানুয়াটু (bn) (bhanuẏaṭu)
• Bislama: Vanuatu
• Breton: Vanuatu
• Bulgarian: Вануа́ту n (Vanuátu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦努阿圖／瓦努阿图 (zh) (Wǎnǔ'ātú), 瓦努阿图 (zh) (Wǎnǔ'ātú)

• Czech: Vanuatu (cs)
• Danish: Vanuatu (da)
• Dutch: Vanuatu (nl)
• Esperanto: Vanuatuo (eo)
• Faroese: Vanuatu
• Finnish: Vanuatu (fi)
• French: Vanuatu (fr)
• Georgian: ვანუატუ (vanuaṭu)
• German: Vanuatu (de)
• Greek: Βανουάτου (el) n (Vanouátou)
• Hawaiian: ʻĀinawohi
• Interlingua: Vanuatu
• Irish: Vanuatú m, Poblacht Vanuatú f
• Italian: Vanuatu
• Japanese: バヌアツ (ja) (Banuatsu), ヴァヌアツ (Vanuatsu)
• Kalenjin: Vanuatu
• Kamba: Vanuatu
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• Kikuyu: Vanuatu
• Korean: 바누아투 (Banuatu)
• Luo: Vanuatu
• Macedonian: Вануа́ту (mk) n (Vanuátu)
• Maltese: Vanuatu
• Meru: Vanuatu
• Navajo: Banoʼáátʼoo
• Norman: Vanuatu
• Norwegian: Vanuatu
• Polish: Vanuatu (pl) n
• Portuguese: Vanuatu (pt)
• Romanian: Vanuatu (ro) n
• Russian: Вануа́ту (ru) f or n (Vanuátu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вануату m

  Roman: Vanuatu (sh) m

• Spanish: Vanuatu (es)
• Swahili: Vanuatu (sw)
• Swedish: Vanuatu (sv)
• Tagalog: Banwatu
• Thai: วานูอาตู (th) (waa-nuu-aa-dtuu)
• Turkish: Vanuatu (tr)
• Turkmen: Wanuatu
• Vietnamese: Va-nu-a-tu
• Yoruba: Faniatu

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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Bislama

Etymology

From Austronesian vanua (“land”) (from Proto-Austronesian *banua) + tu (“stand”)

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu

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Czech

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu

Related terms

• vanuatský
• Vanuaťan

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Faroese

Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu, from Austronesian land (from Proto-Austronesian *banua) + tu (“stand”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /van.uˈɑː.tu/

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu

Derived terms

• vanuatiskur
• vanuatubúgvi

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Finnish

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu

Declension

Inflection of Vanuatu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Vanuatu	—
genitive		Vanuatun	—
partitive		Vanuatua	—
illative		Vanuatuun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vanuatu	—
accusative	nom.	Vanuatu	—
	gen.	Vanuatun
genitive		Vanuatun	—
partitive		Vanuatua	—
inessive		Vanuatussa	—
elative		Vanuatusta	—
illative		Vanuatuun	—
adessive		Vanuatulla	—
ablative		Vanuatulta	—
allative		Vanuatulle	—
essive		Vanuatuna	—
translative		Vanuatuksi	—
abessive		Vanuatutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vanuatu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatuni — accusative nom. Vanuatuni — gen. Vanuatuni genitive Vanuatuni — partitive Vanuatuani — inessive Vanuatussani — elative Vanuatustani — illative Vanuatuuni — adessive Vanuatullani — ablative Vanuatultani — allative Vanuatulleni — essive Vanuatunani — translative Vanuatukseni — abessive Vanuatuttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatusi — accusative nom. Vanuatusi — gen. Vanuatusi genitive Vanuatusi — partitive Vanuatuasi — inessive Vanuatussasi — elative Vanuatustasi — illative Vanuatuusi — adessive Vanuatullasi — ablative Vanuatultasi — allative Vanuatullesi — essive Vanuatunasi — translative Vanuatuksesi — abessive Vanuatuttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatumme — accusative nom. Vanuatumme — gen. Vanuatumme genitive Vanuatumme — partitive Vanuatuamme — inessive Vanuatussamme — elative Vanuatustamme — illative Vanuatuumme — adessive Vanuatullamme — ablative Vanuatultamme — allative Vanuatullemme — essive Vanuatunamme — translative Vanuatuksemme — abessive Vanuatuttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatunne — accusative nom. Vanuatunne — gen. Vanuatunne genitive Vanuatunne — partitive Vanuatuanne — inessive Vanuatussanne — elative Vanuatustanne — illative Vanuatuunne — adessive Vanuatullanne — ablative Vanuatultanne — allative Vanuatullenne — essive Vanuatunanne — translative Vanuatuksenne — abessive Vanuatuttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatunsa — accusative nom. Vanuatunsa — gen. Vanuatunsa genitive Vanuatunsa — partitive Vanuatuaan Vanuatuansa — inessive Vanuatussaan Vanuatussansa — elative Vanuatustaan Vanuatustansa — illative Vanuatuunsa — adessive Vanuatullaan Vanuatullansa — ablative Vanuatultaan Vanuatultansa — allative Vanuatulleen Vanuatullensa — essive Vanuatunaan Vanuatunansa — translative Vanuatukseen Vanuatuksensa — abessive Vanuatuttaan Vanuatuttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.nɥa.ty/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vanuˈaːtuː/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Vanuatu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Vanuatus)

1. Vanuatu

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Italian

Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu

Related terms

• vanuater, vanuatuer
• vanuatisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu

Related terms

• vanuatuar
• vanuatisk, vanuatuisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.nuˈa.tu/

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu (an archipelago and country in Oceania)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvanuatu/

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu

Derived terms

• Vanuatčan m
• Vanuatčanka f
• vanuatský

Further reading

• “Vanuatu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnwatu/ [baˈnwa.t̪u]

Proper noun

Vanuatu ?

1. Vanuatu

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Swedish

Proper noun

Vanuatu n (genitive Vanuatus)

1. Vanuatu