Nauru

See also: nauru

English

Etymology

Possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /naʊˈru/, /nəˈru/
• (Nauru) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /nɑːˈuː.ɹuː/, /ˈnaʊ.ɹu/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Nauru

2. A country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Nauru.
   • 2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-06, Australia‎^[2]:

     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.

3. Nauruan, the language of Nauru.

Derived terms

• Nauruan

Translations

Republic of Nauru

• Afrikaans: Nauru
• Amharic: ናውሩ (nawru)
• Arabic: نَاوْرُو f (nāwrū)
• Armenian: Նաուրու (Nauru)
• Azerbaijani: Nauru (az)
• Belarusian: Науру (Nauru)
• Bengali: নাউরু (bn) (nauru)
• Breton: Nauru
• Bulgarian: Нау́ру (Naúru)
• Catalan: Nauru (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑙魯／瑙鲁 (zh) (Nǎolǔ) (Mainland China), 諾魯／诺鲁 (zh) (Nuòlǔ) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Nauru (cs)
• Danish: Nauru (da)
• Dutch: Nauru (nl)
• Esperanto: Nauro (eo)
• Estonian: Nauru (et)
• Faroese: Nauru n
• Finnish: Nauru (fi)
• French: Nauru (fr)
• Georgian: ნაურუ (ka) (nauru)
• German: Nauru (de)
• Greek: Ναουρού (el) n (Naouroú)
• Hindi: नौरु (nauru)
• Hungarian: Nauru (hu)
• Icelandic: Nárú (is) n
• Interlingua: Nauru
• Irish: Nárú
• Italian: Nauru (it)
• Japanese: ナウル (ja) (Nauru)
• Kalenjin: Nauru
• Kamba: Nauru
• Khmer: ណូរុ (nooru)
• Kikuyu: Nauru
• Korean: 나우루 (ko) (nauru)
• Latvian: Nauru
• Limburgish: Nachoeroe
• Lithuanian: Nauru (lt)
• Luhya: Nauru
• Luo: Nauru
• Macedonian: На́уру n (Náuru)
• Malay: Nauru
• Maltese: Nawru
• Meru: Nauru
• Nauruan: Naoero (na)
• Norman: Nauru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nauru

  Nynorsk: Nauru (nn)

• Persian: نائورو
• Polish: Nauru (pl)
• Portuguese: Nauru (pt) m
• Romanian: Nauru (ro) n
• Russian: Нау́ру (ru) (Naúru)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Науру m

  Roman: Nauru (sh) m

• Slovak: Nauru n
• Somali: Nawru
• Spanish: Nauru (es) m
• Swahili: Nauru (sw)
• Swedish: Nauru (sv)
• Thai: นาอูรู (th) (naa-uu-ruu)
• Tibetan: ནའུ་རུ། (na'u ru)
• Turkish: Nauru (tr)
• Turkmen: Nauru
• Vietnamese: Na-u-ru
• Yoruba: Nauru

See also

• (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• Countries of the world

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Related terms

• Nauruaan
• Nauruaans

See also

• Yaren

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnaw.ɾu]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Nauru m

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnau̯ru]

Proper noun

Nauru n (indeclinable, related adjective nauruský)

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Further reading

• “Nauru”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Nauru, possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯ru/, [ˈnɑ̝u̯ru]
• Rhymes: -ɑuru
• Syllabification^(key): Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

Inflection of Nauru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Nauru	—
genitive		Naurun	—
partitive		Naurua	—
illative		Nauruun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nauru	—
accusative	nom.	Nauru	—
	gen.	Naurun
genitive		Naurun	—
partitive		Naurua	—
inessive		Naurussa	—
elative		Naurusta	—
illative		Nauruun	—
adessive		Naurulla	—
ablative		Naurulta	—
allative		Naurulle	—
essive		Nauruna	—
translative		Nauruksi	—
abessive		Naurutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Nauru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nauruni — accusative nom. Nauruni — gen. Nauruni genitive Nauruni — partitive Nauruani — inessive Naurussani — elative Naurustani — illative Nauruuni — adessive Naurullani — ablative Naurultani — allative Naurulleni — essive Naurunani — translative Naurukseni — abessive Nauruttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Naurusi — accusative nom. Naurusi — gen. Naurusi genitive Naurusi — partitive Nauruasi — inessive Naurussasi — elative Naurustasi — illative Nauruusi — adessive Naurullasi — ablative Naurultasi — allative Naurullesi — essive Naurunasi — translative Nauruksesi — abessive Nauruttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Naurumme — accusative nom. Naurumme — gen. Naurumme genitive Naurumme — partitive Nauruamme — inessive Naurussamme — elative Naurustamme — illative Nauruumme — adessive Naurullamme — ablative Naurultamme — allative Naurullemme — essive Naurunamme — translative Nauruksemme — abessive Nauruttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Naurunne — accusative nom. Naurunne — gen. Naurunne genitive Naurunne — partitive Nauruanne — inessive Naurussanne — elative Naurustanne — illative Nauruunne — adessive Naurullanne — ablative Naurultanne — allative Naurullenne — essive Naurunanne — translative Nauruksenne — abessive Nauruttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Naurunsa — accusative nom. Naurunsa — gen. Naurunsa genitive Naurunsa — partitive Nauruaan Nauruansa — inessive Naurussaan Naurussansa — elative Naurustaan Naurustansa — illative Nauruunsa — adessive Naurullaan Naurullansa — ablative Naurultaan Naurultansa — allative Naurulleen Naurullensa — essive Naurunaan Naurunansa — translative Naurukseen Nauruksensa — abessive Nauruttaan Nauruttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• nauru
• naurulainen

Anagrams

• ruuan, ruuna, uurna

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany):

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Proper noun

Nauru n (proper noun, genitive Naurus or (optionally with an article) Nauru)

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

Declension of Nauru [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Nauru
genitive	eines	des	Naurus
dative	einem	dem	Nauru
accusative	ein	das	Nauru

Derived terms

• Nauruer
  • Nauruerin
• nauruisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɒuru]
• Hyphenation: Na‧u‧ru
• Rhymes: -ru

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Nauru	—
accusative	Naurut	—
dative	Naurunak	—
instrumental	Nauruval	—
causal-final	Nauruért	—
translative	Nauruvá	—
terminative	Nauruig	—
essive-formal	Nauruként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Nauruban	—
superessive	Naurun	—
adessive	Naurunál	—
illative	Nauruba	—
sublative	Naurura	—
allative	Nauruhoz	—
elative	Nauruból	—
delative	Naururól	—
ablative	Naurutól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Naurué	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Nauruéi	—

Possessive forms of Nauru
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Naurum	—
2nd person sing.	Naurud	—
3rd person sing.	Nauruja	—
1st person plural	Naurunk	—
2nd person plural	Naurutok	—
3rd person plural	Naurujuk	—

Derived terms

• naurui

Italian

Proper noun

Nauru m

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Japanese

Romanization

Nauru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ナウル

Lithuanian

Naùru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐ.ˈʊrʊ]
• Hyphenation: Na‧u‧ru

Proper noun

Naùru m (uncountable, indeclinable, related adjective nauriẽtiškas, demonym nauriẽtis, female demonym nauriẽtė) stress pattern 1

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean; official name: Naùru Respùblika)

See also

• (countries of Oceania) Okeanijos valstybės; Australija, Fidžis, Kiribatis, Kuko Salos, Maršalo Salos, Mikronezija, Naujoji Zelandija Nauru, Niujė, Palau, Papua Naujoji Gvinėja, Saliamono Salos, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu,

Further reading

• Nauru in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Nauruan

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Related terms

• nauruer
• naurisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Related terms

• nauruar
• naurisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaw.ru/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awru
• Syllabification: Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru n (indeclinable, related adjective nauruański or naurański)

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Derived terms

nouns

• Nauranka
• Naurańczyk
• Nauruanka
• Nauruańczyk

 

See also

• (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona

Further reading

• Nauru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nawˈɾu/ [naʊ̯ˈɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nawˈɾu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru m

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauru/

Proper noun

Nauru n

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Derived terms

• Nauručan m
• Nauručanka f
• nauruský
• naurusky

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauɾu/ [ˈnau̯.ɾu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -auɾu
• Syllabification: Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru m

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nauru n (genitive Naurus)

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Related terms

• naurisk
• nauriska
• nauruer

References

• Nauru in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

declension of Nauru

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Nauru
accusative (belirtme)	Nauru'yu
dative (yönelme)	Nauru'ya
locative (bulunma)	Nauru'da
ablative (çıkma)	Nauru'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Nauru'nun

    possessive of Nauru

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Nauru'm	Naurularım / Nauru'larım
senin (your)	Nauru'n	Nauruların / Nauru'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Nauru'su	Nauruları / Nauru'ları
bizim (our)	Nauru'muz	Naurularımız / Nauru'larımız
sizin (your)	Nauru'nuz	Naurularınız / Nauru'larınız
onların (their)	Nauru'su / Nauruları / Nauru'ları	Nauruları / Nauru'ları

Derived terms

• Naurulu

See also

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Turkmen

Proper noun

Nauru

1. Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)