Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

Ellice Islands

𐐓𐐲𐑂𐐪𐑊𐐭

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˌtuːvəˈluː/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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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