palau
Collocations
4ADJ.
isolated, other, primary, sprawling
VERB + PALAU
valued
PALAU + NOUN
iceland, society, tuesday, wealth
ADV.
highly
Definitions
name
A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.
Another society in which wealth per se was highly valued was Palau, but wealth belonging to descent units and not to individuals.[…] Palau society was divided into a large number of individually named, exogamous matriclans, and these were in turn subdivided into named matrilineages, each of which was a land-owning corporation and localized within a single community.
The president of Palau declared Tuesday that his Pacific island nation will ban commercial fishing and become a marine sanctuary.[…] Remengesau said establishing “a 100 percent marine sanctuary” will enable Palau to preserve “a pristine environment” and promote snorkeling, scuba diving and ecotourism as an alternative way to grow its economy.
noun
Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the
- belau
- pelew
noun — a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in associati
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Idioms & Phrases
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6Another society in which wealth per se was highly valued was Palau, but wealth belonging to descent units and not to individuals.[…] Palau society was divided into a large number of individually named
WiktionaryThe president of Palau declared Tuesday that his Pacific island nation will ban commercial fishing and become a marine sanctuary.[…] Remengesau said establishing “a 100 percent marine sanctuary” will
WiktionaryFew places on the planet are as isolated as Palau, or as sprawling. Its 21,000 residents are scattered across a handful of its 250 islands, which take up just 177 square miles combined. Relatively poo
WiktionaryI hate every single other country. Even Palau.
Tatoeba · #5310966To attack and annihilate Iraq in 2003, the United States formed an "international" league composed of small countries like The Republic of Palau or Iceland.
Tatoeba · #5715994Ngerulmud is the capital of Palau.
Tatoeba · #7909019