Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

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Τουβαλού

Νήσοι Έλις

Συνώνυμα

Ellice Islands

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˌtuːvəˈluː/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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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