The story
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian · derived from*banua“inhabited land, territory”
- Palauan · borrowed fromBelau“Palau”
- English todayPalau
Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.