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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Nauru

  1. 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-06, Australia‎:
      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.
  2. Nauruan, the language of Nauru.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Nauru

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

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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

Derived terms

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

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nauru

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaw.ru/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awru
  • Syllabification: Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru n (undeclinable)

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

Derived terms

adjective
  • nauruański
nouns
  • Nauruanka
  • Nauruańczyk

Further reading

  • Nauru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

  • 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:(file)
  • Rhymes: -auɾu
  • Syllabification: Nau‧ru

Proper noun

Nauru m

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nauru n (genitive Naurus)

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nauru

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • Naurulu

See also

Turkmen

Proper noun

Nauru

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