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Palauan

/pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/ · name

Meaning

  1. A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.
  2. From or relating to Palau.
  3. Someone from Palau.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Palau Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Palauan From Palau + -an.

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