Nauruan

See also: nauruan

English

Etymology

From Nauru +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

enPR: näo͞oʹro͞oən, IPA^(key): [nɑːˈuː.ɹuːn̩]
Rhymes: -uːɹuːən
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

Nauruan (plural Nauruans)

A person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.
- 2024, Nauru Britannica:
  Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice.

Translations

person from Nauru

Afrikaans: Nauruaan
Catalan: nauruà (ca) m
Esperanto: naurano (man or woman), nauranino (woman)
Finnish: naurulainen (fi)
French: Nauruan (fr), Nauruane (fr) f
German: Nauruer (de) m, Nauruerin (de) f
Interlingua: nauruano
Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nauruer m

Nynorsk: nauruar m
Portuguese: nauruano (pt) m
Romanian: nauruan m, nauruană f
Russian: науруанец (ru) m (nauruanec), науруанка f (nauruanka)
Spanish: nauruano (es)
Turkish: Naurulu (tr)

Adjective

Nauruan (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauruan language.

Translations

pertaining to Nauru

Afrikaans: Nauruaans
Catalan: nauruà (ca)
Czech: nauruský (cs)
Finnish: naurulainen (fi); naurunkielinen (of language)
French: nauruan (fr)
German: nauruisch (de)
Interlingua: nauruano
Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: naurisk

Nynorsk: naurisk
Portuguese: nauruano (pt)
Romanian: nauruan
Russian: науруанский (nauruanskij)
Spanish: nauruano (es)

Proper noun

Nauruan

the language of Nauru

Translations

language of Nauru

Afrikaans: Nauruaans
Bulgarian: науруански m (nauruanski)
Czech: naurština f
Esperanto: naura lingvo
Finnish: nauru (fi)
German: Nauruisch (de) n or m
Italian: naurano (it) m
Japanese: ナウル語 (ja) (Nauru-go)
Korean: 나우루어 (naurueo)
Lithuanian: nauriečių kalba (lt)
Macedonian: науруански m (nauruanski)
Nauruan: dorerin Naoero (na)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: naurisk m

Nynorsk: naurisk m
Polish: nauruański (pl) m
Romanian: nauruană f
Russian: науруанский m (nauruanskij)
Swahili: Kinauru
Ukrainian: науруанська f (nauruansʹka)

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Nauruan terms

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code na, ISO 639-3 code nau (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Nauruan, nau ⁠

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