palau
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Palau¹
- /pəˈlaʊ/ Australia, UK, US
Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).
proper noun
- A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud. Another society in which wealth per se was highly valued was Palau, but wealth belonging to descent units and not to individuals.[…] Palau society was divided into a large number of individually named, exogamous matriclans, and these were in turn subdivided into named matrilineages, each of which wa
palau²
noun palaus
- Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”).
Translations
Talk about this word "palau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/palau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. palau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/palau "palau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/palau.Cite this
@misc{palau_2026,
title = {palau},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/palau},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
