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Palauan

US/pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/

Palauan proper noun: a language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.

Proper noun

Palauan

  1. A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.

Noun

Palauan (plural Palauans)

  1. Someone from Palau.

Adjective

Palauan (not comparable)

  1. From or relating to Palau.

Palauan meaning in Bengali

Palauan in Bengali

পালাউয়ীয়

Forms of Palauan

Proper noun
alternative formBelauan
Noun
pluralPalauans

Origin of Palauan

From Palau + -an.

Phrases with Palauan

Questions about Palauan

What does Palauan mean?
Palauan means a language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.
What is Palauan in Bengali?
Palauan in Bengali is পালাউয়ীয়. See Palauan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Palauan?
Palauan can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Palauan?
Palauan is pronounced /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/ (US).

Words near Palauan in the dictionary

  1. palatschinke
  2. palatschinken
  3. Palatua
  4. Palatucci
  5. palau
  6. Palauan
  7. Palauan time
  8. Palauans
  9. Palauig
  10. Palaung
  11. Palaungic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Palauan (page history and authors); Palauan (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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