נאַורו

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Possibly from Nauruan anáoero (I go to the beach) via English Nauru.

Proper noun

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נאַורו (naurun

  1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
    • 2024 March 5, Dor Shabashewitz, “פֿאַר וואָס זענען די דרײַ פּאַציפֿישע אינדזלען צווישן ישׂראלס בעסטע פֿרײַנד? [far vos zenen di dray patsifishe indzlen tsvishn ysrals beste fraynd?]”, in Forverts[1]:
      נאַורו, וואָס איז קײנמאָל נישט קאָלאָניזירט געוואָרן דורך די פֿ״ש...
      nauru, vos iz keynmol nisht kolonizirt gevorn durkh di f"sh...
      Nauru which has never been colonized by the US...
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