Nauru
/ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/
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Australia/ˈnaʊru/
Nauru proper noun: a country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
Proper noun
Nauru
- A country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
- 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.2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times (Australia section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
- Synonyms:
- Naoero
- Nauruan, the language of Nauru.
Nauru meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
Nauru in Hindi
- Republic of Nauru
- नाउरु nāuru
Nauru in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Nauru in Bengali
- Republic of Nauru
- নাউরু nauru
Nauru in Kannada
- ನೌರು
More languagesFewer languages
- Nauru in Arabic
- نَاوْرُو nāwrū
- Nauru in Malay
- Nauru
- Nauru in Indonesian
- Nauru
- Nauru in Persian
- نائورو
- Nauru in Thai
- นาอูรู naa-uu-ruu
- Nauru in Vietnamese
- Na-u-ru
Synonyms of Nauru
Origin of Nauru
From German Nauru, from Nauruan Naoero. Doublet of Naoero. The exact origin of the name is uncertain. The German anthropologist Paul Hambruch suggested that it derives from the Nauruan phrase a-nuau-a-ororo (anáoero, “I go to the seashore”), although this was later disputed by the German Catholic missionary Alois Kayser.
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Words that rhyme with Nauru
Questions about Nauru
- What does Nauru mean?
- Nauru means a country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
- What is Nauru in Hindi?
- Nauru in Hindi is नाउरु (nāuru). See Nauru meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nauru?
- Nauru is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nauru?
- Nauru is pronounced /ˈnaʊru/ (Australia).
Words near Nauru in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nauru (page history and authors); Nauru (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Nauru (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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