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Truk

/tɹuːk/

Truk is the alternative form of Chuuk.

Meaning of Chuuk

Proper noun

Chuuk

  1. A lagoon and associated atoll in Micronesia.
  2. One of the four states that composes the Federated States of Micronesia.

Origin of Truk

From Chuukese chuk (“mountain”).

Words formed from Truk

Questions about Truk

What is Truk the alternative form of?
Truk is the alternative form of Chuuk.
How do you pronounce Truk?
Truk is pronounced /tɹuːk/.

Words near Truk in the dictionary

  1. Trujillism
  2. Trujillist
  3. Trujillists
  4. Trujillo
  5. Trujillo Alto
  6. Truk
  7. truke
  8. trukes
  9. Trukese
  10. Trukic
  11. Truku

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Truk (page history and authors); Chuuk (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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