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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