PALAU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Palau mean? 

• PALAU (noun)
  The noun PALAU has 2 senses:

1. a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States

2. a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean

  Familiarity information: PALAU used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALAU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Palau; Republic of Palau; TT

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Holonyms ("Palau" is a part of...):

Belau; Palau; Palau Islands; Pelew (a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Belau; Palau; Palau Islands; Pelew

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Palau"):

Palau; Republic of Palau; TT (a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States)

Holonyms ("Palau" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Palau, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Palauan, NCI Thesaurus)