Etymology

Ngerulmud

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Today it means: The capital city of Palau in which the government offices are located. Full definition →

Palauan Ngerulmud
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  1. Palauan · borrowed fromNgerulmud“place of fermented angelfish”
  2. English todayNgerulmud

Borrowed from Palauan Ngerulmud (“place of fermented angelfish”), referring to a nearby hill where women offered fermented angelfish as sacrifices to the gods.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.