Vanuatu
See also: Vanuatú
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌvænuːˈaːtuː/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /væn.uːˈɑː.tuː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɑ.nuˈɑ.tu/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file)
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- A country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu. Capital and largest city: Port Vila.
Holonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Republic of Vanuatu
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Vanuatu
Related terms
Bislama
Etymology
From vanua (“land”) (from Proto-Austronesian *banua) + tu (“stand”), likely borrowed from Raga [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Replace the "und" language code with the correct one.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvanuatu]
Proper noun
Vanuatu n (indeclinable, relational adjective vanuatský, demonym Vanuaťan)
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Further reading
- “Vanuatu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvaː.nuˈʋaː.tu/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Van‧ua‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu n
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /van.uˈɑː.tu/
- Rhymes: -ɑːtu
- Hyphenation: Van‧u‧a‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu n
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
- vanuatiskur
- vanuatubúgvi
Fijian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βa.nu.a.tu/
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnuɑtu/, [ˈʋɑ̝nuˌɑ̝t̪u]
- Rhymes: -ɑtu
- Syllabification(key): Va‧nu‧a‧tu
- Hyphenation(key): Va‧nua‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
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. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.nɥa.ty/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Vanuatu m
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vanuˈaːtuː/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Vanuatu n (proper noun, genitive Vanuatus or (optionally with an article) Vanuatu)
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Declension
Declension of Vanuatu [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒnuɒtu]
- Rhymes: -tu
- Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania; official name: Vanuatui Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vanuatu | — |
| accusative | Vanuatut | — |
| dative | Vanuatunak | — |
| instrumental | Vanuatuval | — |
| causal-final | Vanuatuért | — |
| translative | Vanuatuvá | — |
| terminative | Vanuatuig | — |
| essive-formal | Vanuatuként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Vanuatuban | — |
| superessive | Vanuatun | — |
| adessive | Vanuatunál | — |
| illative | Vanuatuba | — |
| sublative | Vanuatura | — |
| allative | Vanuatuhoz | — |
| elative | Vanuatuból | — |
| delative | Vanuaturól | — |
| ablative | Vanuatutól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Vanuatué | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Vanuatuéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Vanuatum | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Vanuatud | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Vanuatuja | — |
| 1st person plural | Vanuatunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Vanuatutok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Vanuatujuk | — |
Derived terms
- vanuatui
See also
Italian
Proper noun
Vanuatu m
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.nuˈa.tu/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atu
- Syllabification: Va‧nu‧a‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu n (indeclinable, related adjective vanuacki)
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
nouns
- Vanuatczyk
- Vanuatka
See also
Further reading
- Vanuatu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.nu.aˈtu/ [va.nʊ.aˈtu], (faster pronunciation) /va.nwaˈtu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /va.nwaˈtu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ba.nwaˈtu/
- Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu m
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvanuatu/
Proper noun
Vanuatu n
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
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, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈnwatu/ [baˈnwa.t̪u]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atu
- Syllabification: Va‧nua‧tu
Proper noun
Vanuatu m
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Vanuatu n (genitive Vanuatus)
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Related terms
See also
References
- Vanuatu in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vanuatu |
| accusative | Vanuatu'yu |
| dative | Vanuatu'ya |
| locative | Vanuatu'da |
| ablative | Vanuatu'dan |
| genitive | Vanuatu'nun |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Vanuatu'm | Vanuatularım Vanuatu'larım |
| senin (your) | Vanuatu'n | Vanuatuların Vanuatu'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Vanuatu'su | Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları |
| bizim (our) | Vanuatu'muz | Vanuatularımız Vanuatu'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Vanuatu'nuz | Vanuatularınız Vanuatu'larınız |
| onların (their) | Vanuatu'su Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları |
Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları |
Derived terms
- Vanuatulu