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Nauruan

/nɑːˈuːɹuːən/

Nauruan noun: a person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.

Noun

Nauruan (plural Nauruans)

  1. A person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.
    • Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice.2024, Nauru Britannica
    Synonyms:
    dei-Naoero

Adjective

Nauruan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauruan language.
    Synonyms:
    dei-Naoero

Proper noun

Nauruan

  1. The language of Nauru

Nauruan meaning in Bengali

Nauruan in Bengali

নাউরুয়ীয়

Synonyms of Nauruan

Forms of Nauruan

pluralNauruans

Origin of Nauruan

From Nauru + -an.

Questions about Nauruan

What does Nauruan mean?
Nauruan means a person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.
What is Nauruan in Bengali?
Nauruan in Bengali is নাউরুয়ীয়. See Nauruan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Nauruan?
Nauruan can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nauruan?
Nauruan is pronounced /nɑːˈuːɹuːən/.
What is the plural of Nauruan?
The plural of Nauruan is Nauruans.

Words near Nauruan in the dictionary

  1. nauropometers
  2. Nauros
  3. Nauroz
  4. Nauroze
  5. Nauru
  6. Nauruan
  7. Nauruans
  8. Naurus
  9. Nauruz
  10. Nauryz
  11. naus

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nauruan (page history and authors); Nauruan (Bengali 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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