Meanings
- A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
This marks Lin’s [translating 林 (Lín)] third visit to Tuvalu. During a welcome ceremony, Lin said he was pleased to see Prime Minister Feleti Teo and other senior officials and looked forward to reviewing projects showcasing bilateral cooperation.
2026 March 4, “Taiwan foreign minister visits Tuvalu to strengthen diplomatic ties”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2026, Politics1 more example
Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.
2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times
Origin
- TuvaluanTuuvalu
- EnglishTuvalu
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”).
More words from Tuvaluan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Toewaloe, Tuvalu
- Toewaloecountry in Oceania
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Arabic تُوفَالُو
- تُوفَالُو (tufālū)country in Oceania
Bengali টুভালু
- টুভালু (ṭubhalu)country in Oceania
Bulgarian Тува́лу
- Тува́лу (Tuválu)country in Oceania
Catalan Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Chinese Mandarin 圖瓦盧 /图瓦卢, 吐瓦魯 /吐瓦鲁
- 圖瓦盧 /图瓦卢 (Túwǎlú)country in Oceania
- 吐瓦魯 /吐瓦鲁 (Tǔwǎlǔ)country in Oceania
Czech Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Danish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Dutch Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Esperanto Tuvalo
- Tuvalocountry in Oceania
Finnish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
French Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
German Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Greek Τουβαλού
- Τουβαλού (Touvaloú)country in Oceania
Hebrew טובלו
- טובלו (tuvalú)country in Oceania
Hindi तुवालु
- तुवालु (tuvālu)country in Oceania
Hungarian Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Icelandic Túvalú
- Túvalúcountry in Oceania
Irish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Italian Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Japanese ツバル
- ツバル (Tsubaru)country in Oceania
Korean 투발루
- 투발루 (Tuballu)country in Oceania
Māori Tūwaru
- Tūwarucountry in Oceania
Norwegian Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Polish Tuvalu, Tuwalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
- Tuwalucountry in Oceania
Portuguese Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Punjabi ਤੁਵਾਲੂ
- ਤੁਵਾਲੂ (tuvālū)country in Oceania
Romanian Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Russian Тува́лу
- Тува́лу (Tuválu)country in Oceania
Slovak Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Spanish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Swahili Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Swedish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Tagalog Tubalu
- Tubalucountry in Oceania
Tamil துவாலு
- துவாலு (tuvālu)country in Oceania
Thai ตูวาลู
- ตูวาลู (dtuu-waa-luu)country in Oceania
Turkish Tuvalu
- Tuvalucountry in Oceania
Ukrainian Тува́лу
- Тува́лу (Tuválu)country in Oceania
Vietnamese Tu-va-lu
- Tu-va-lucountry in Oceania
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Tuvalu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tuvalu
“Tuvalu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tuvalu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tuvalu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tuvalu.
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