Tuvalu

图瓦卢[西太平洋岛国](旧称埃利斯群岛)

发音

UK /ˌtuːvəˈluː/
UK /tuːˈvɑː.luː/
UK /ˈtuː.və.luː/
US /tuˈvɑ.lu/
US /ˈtu.və.lu/
AU /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.

    图瓦卢

    吐瓦鲁

词源

From Tuvaluan 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 Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).

来源：wiktionary