Meanings
- A country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
The announcement Wednesday said those seeking refuge would all now be processed on the island nation of Nauru, another country that has been doing that work for Australia.
2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times (Australia section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2021Synonyms: Naoero
- Nauruan, the language of Nauru.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
Origin
- NauruanNaoero
- GermanNaur
- EnglishNauru
From German Nauru, from Nauruan Naoero. Doublet of Naoero. The exact origin of the name is uncertain. The German anthropologist Paul Hambruch suggested that it derives from the Nauruan phrase a-nuau-a-ororo (anáoero, “I go to the seashore”), although this was later disputed by the German Catholic missionary Alois Kayser.
More words from German, Nauruan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Arabic نَاوْرُو
- نَاوْرُو (nāwrū)Republic of Nauru
Bengali নাউরু
- নাউরু (nauru)Republic of Nauru
Bulgarian Нау́ру
- Нау́ру (Naúru)Republic of Nauru
Catalan Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Chinese Mandarin 瑙魯 /瑙鲁, 諾魯 /诺鲁
- 瑙魯 /瑙鲁 (Nǎolǔ)Republic of Nauru
- 諾魯 /诺鲁 (Nuòlǔ)Republic of Nauru
Czech Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Danish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Dutch Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Esperanto Nauro
- NauroRepublic of Nauru
Estonian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Finnish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
French Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
German Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Greek Ναουρού
- Ναουρού (Naouroú)Republic of Nauru
Hindi नाउरु
- नाउरु (nāuru)Republic of Nauru
Hungarian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Icelandic Naúrú
- NaúrúRepublic of Nauru
Indonesian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Irish Nárú
- NárúRepublic of Nauru
Italian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Japanese ナウル
- ナウル (Nauru)Republic of Nauru
Korean 나우루
- 나우루 (nauru)Republic of Nauru
Latvian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Lithuanian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Malay Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Norwegian Bokmål Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Persian نائورو
- نائوروRepublic of Nauru
Polish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Portuguese Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Romanian Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Russian Нау́ру
- Нау́ру (Naúru)Republic of Nauru
Slovak Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Spanish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Swahili Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Swedish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Thai นาอูรู
- นาอูรู (naa-uu-ruu)Republic of Nauru
Turkish Nauru
- NauruRepublic of Nauru
Ukrainian Нау́ру
- Нау́ру (Naúru)Republic of Nauru
Vietnamese Na-u-ru
- Na-u-ruRepublic of Nauru
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Nauru
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Nauru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nauru
“Nauru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nauru. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nauru,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nauru.
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