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NAURUAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Nauru

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nauruan" is a kind of...):

Austronesian (a native or inhabitant of Austronesia)

Holonyms ("Nauruan" is a member of...):

Nauru; Republic of Nauru (an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy)

Derivation:

Nauruan (of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Nauru (an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy)

Derivation:

Nauru (a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands)

Nauruan (a native or inhabitant of Nauru)

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