Tuvalu

Tuvalu
noun
1. a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑country, ↑state, ↑land
• Part Holonyms: ↑Ellice Islands
• Part Meronyms: ↑Funafuti
2. a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
• Syn: ↑Ellice Islands
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑archipelago
• Part Holonyms: ↑Micronesia, ↑Federated States of Micronesia, ↑TT

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Tuvalu [Tuvalu Tuvaluan]
a country consisting of nine islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Its capital city is Fongafale and its official languages are Tuvaluan and English. It was formerly a British ↑colony called the Ellice Islands and became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1978. ▶
Derived Word: ↑Tuvaluan

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