Nauru
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See also: nauru
English
Etymology
Possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”).
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /naʊˈru/, /nəˈru/
- (Nauru) IPA(key): /ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /nɑːˈuː.ɹuː/, /ˈnaʊ.ɹu/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
Nauru
- A country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Nauru.
- 2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-06, Australia:
- The announcement Wednesday said those seeking refuge would all now be processed on the island nation of Nauru, another country that has been doing that work for Australia.
- Nauruan, the language of Nauru.
Derived terms
Translations
Republic of Nauru
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See also
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Related terms
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru m
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru n (indeclinable, related adjective nauruský)
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Further reading
- Nauru in Internetová jazyková příručka
Finnish
Etymology
From English Nauru, possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Declension
| Inflection of Nauru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Nauru | — | ||
| genitive | Naurun | — | ||
| partitive | Naurua | — | ||
| illative | Nauruun | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Nauru | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Nauru | — | |
| gen. | Naurun | |||
| genitive | Naurun | — | ||
| partitive | Naurua | — | ||
| inessive | Naurussa | — | ||
| elative | Naurusta | — | ||
| illative | Nauruun | — | ||
| adessive | Naurulla | — | ||
| ablative | Naurulta | — | ||
| allative | Naurulle | — | ||
| essive | Nauruna | — | ||
| translative | Nauruksi | — | ||
| abessive | Naurutta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Germany) (file)
Proper noun
Nauru n (proper noun, genitive Naurus or (optionally with an article) Nauru)
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Declension
Declension of Nauru
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Nauru | — |
| accusative | Naurut | — |
| dative | Naurunak | — |
| instrumental | Nauruval | — |
| causal-final | Nauruért | — |
| translative | Nauruvá | — |
| terminative | Nauruig | — |
| essive-formal | Nauruként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Nauruban | — |
| superessive | Naurun | — |
| adessive | Naurunál | — |
| illative | Nauruba | — |
| sublative | Naurura | — |
| allative | Nauruhoz | — |
| elative | Nauruból | — |
| delative | Naururól | — |
| ablative | Naurutól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Naurué | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Nauruéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Nauru | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Naurum | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Naurud | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Nauruja | — |
| 1st person plural | Naurunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Naurutok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Naurujuk | — |
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Nauru m
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Japanese
Romanization
Nauru
Nauruan
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru n (undeclinable)
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Nauru in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Nau‧ru
Proper noun
Nauru m
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru n
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauru m
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nauru n (genitive Naurus)
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)
Declension
declension of Nauru
possessive of Nauru
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Nauru'm | Naurularım / Nauru'larım |
| senin (your) | Nauru'n | Nauruların / Nauru'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Nauru'su | Nauruları / Nauru'ları |
| bizim (our) | Nauru'muz | Naurularımız / Nauru'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Nauru'nuz | Naurularınız / Nauru'larınız |
| onların (their) | Nauru'su / Nauruları / Nauru'ları | Nauruları / Nauru'ları |
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda
Turkmen
Proper noun
Nauru
- Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)