Belau
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See also: belau
Afrikaans
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Belau
- Alternative form of Palau: Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Palauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Pre-Palauan *baluwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).
Proper noun
[edit]Belau
- Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Japanese: パラオ (Parao)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Belau ?
- Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)
Categories:
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Palau
- af:Countries in Oceania
- af:Countries
- af:Islands
- Palauan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan lemmas
- Palauan proper nouns
- pau:Palau
- pau:Countries in Oceania
- pau:Countries
- pau:Islands
- Spanish terms derived from Palauan
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/au
- Rhymes:Spanish/au/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Palau
- es:Countries in Oceania
- es:Countries
- es:Islands