Tuvalu

From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Tuvalu

2. A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
   • 2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.

• Tuvaluan

• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Funafuti

• Tuluva

Tuvalu

1. alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tuvaluaan
• Tuvaluaans

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuvalu]

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, relational adjective tuvalský, demonym Tuvalan)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaler
• tuvalsk

• IPA^(key): /ˌtuˈvaː.lu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu n

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuʋɑlu/, [ˈt̪uʋɑ̝lu]
• Rhymes: -uʋɑlu
• Syllabification^(key): Tu‧va‧lu
• Hyphenation^(key): Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

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Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuvɒlu]
• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvalui

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaler
• tuvalsk

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvalar
• tuvalsk

• Tuwalu

Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈva.lu/

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuwalski)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaluano

• Tuvalú

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu ?

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu n (genitive Tuvalus)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaluan
• tuvaluansk
• tuvaluanska

• Tuvalu in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)

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Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tuvalulu