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tuvalu

UK/ˌtuːvəˈluː/US/tuˈvɑ.lu/
nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Tuvalu is a tiny Pacific nation of nine low atolls threatened by rising seas. The atolls of Tuvalu.

Its highest point is about four and a half metres above the sea. Tuvalu earns a real share of its income from renting out the internet domain .tv.

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Definitions of tuvalu

  1. 1nountuvaluTiny Pacific nation of nine low atolls threatened by rising seas.C2

    “Tuvalu has fewer people than a small town.”

tuvalu is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. tvl

    Tuuvalu

  2. English

    Tuvalu

  3. English, today

    tuvalu

Tuvalu comes from tvl Tuuvalu literally “eight standing together” in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to map-pro walu (“eight”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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