Palau

n. Republic of Palau, nation located in the Caroline Islands of Oceania; mining settlement in Mexico; family name

Palau (IPA: ), officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines and 2000 miles (3200 km) south of  Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest nations. It is sometimes referred to in English under its native name Belau.
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Noun
1. a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
(synonym) Republic of Palau, TT
(hypernym) country, state, land
(part-holonym) Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew
2. a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
(synonym) Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew
(hypernym) archipelago
(part-holonym) Pacific, Pacific Ocean
(part-meronym) Palau, Republic of Palau, TT

n. Palau, family name; mining settlement in Mexico

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Background After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year, when the islands gained independence. Map of Palau More about Palau: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues