Tuvalu
/ˌtuːvəˈluː//tuˈvɑ.lu/
Tuvalu proper noun: a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
Proper noun
Tuvalu
- A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
- Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times
- This marks Lin’s [translating 林 (Lín)] third visit to Tuvalu. During a welcome ceremony, Lin said he was pleased to see Prime Minister Feleti Teo and other senior officials and looked forward to reviewing projects showcasing bilateral cooperation.2026 March 4, “Taiwan foreign minister visits Tuvalu to strengthen diplomatic ties”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2026, Politics
Tuvalu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Tuvalu in Hindi
- country in Oceania
- तुवालु tuvālu
Tuvalu in Tamil
- country in Oceania
- துவாலு tuvālu
Tuvalu in Marathi
- country in Oceania
- तुवालू tuvālū
Tuvalu in Bengali
- country in Oceania
- টুভালু ṭubhalu
More languagesFewer languages
- Tuvalu in Malayalam
- തൂവാലു tūvālu
- Tuvalu in Kannada
- ತುವಾಲು tuvālu
- Tuvalu in Punjabi
- ਤੁਵਾਲੂ tuvālū
- Tuvalu in Gujarati
- તુવાલુ tuvālu
- Tuvalu in Odia
- ଟୁଭାଲୋ ṭubhālo
- Tuvalu in Assamese
- টুভালু tubhalu
- Tuvalu in Tagalog
- Tubalu
- Tuvalu in Arabic
- تُوفَالُو tufālū
- Tuvalu in Thai
- ตูวาลู dtuu-waa-luu
- Tuvalu in Vietnamese
- Tu-va-lu
- Tuvalu in Myanmar
- တူဗားလူ tuba:lu
Origin of Tuvalu
From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).
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Questions about Tuvalu
- What does Tuvalu mean?
- Tuvalu means a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
- What is Tuvalu in Hindi?
- Tuvalu in Hindi is तुवालु (tuvālu). See Tuvalu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu is pronounced /ˌtuːvəˈluː/ (UK).
Words near Tuvalu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tuvalu (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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