Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Significat (Anglès)

A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.

Conceptes

Tuvalu

tuvaluà

Sinònims

Ellice Islands

𐐓𐐲𐑂𐐪𐑊𐐭

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˌtuːvəˈluː/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).

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