Meanings
- officialSynonym of Nauru: a country and island of Oceania.
Lucy Botelanga is a Naoero woman who is passionate about keeping the weaving tradition alive, which is why she spends her time passing her skills on to others.
2026 June 11, Fred Hooper, Josaia Nanuqa, “Naoero weaver desperate to pass on her skills to the next generation for fear of losing traditional practice”, in ABC Pacific, Sydney, N.S.W.: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jul 20262 more examples
Local groups such as Refugees on Naoero, churchgoers, government workers, and impassioned individuals would visit the facilities and resettlement housing compounds on a constant basis.
2022 January 25, Julia C. Morris, “Strange bedfellows? NGOs and the politics of value(s) in offshore asylum”, in Gül İnanç, Themba Lewis, editors, Forced Displacement and NGOs in Asia and the Pacific (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part II, page 201The East Micronesia Cable (EMC) connection between Naoero and Guam officially went live on June 24, the Naoero Fibre Cable Division of Cenpac Corporation said. […] The company described the activation as an important step toward more dependable digital access for households, businesses and mobile users across Naoero.
2026 June 26, Viliame Tawanakoro, “Naoero’s east Micronesia cable goes live, ending reliance on satellite internet”, in Islands Business, Suva, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2026Synonyms: Nauru
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Nauru: a country and island of Oceania.
Origin
- NauruanNaoero
- EnglishNaoero
Unadapted borrowing from Nauruan Naoero. Doublet of Nauru.
More words from Nauruan
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Naoero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Naoero
“Naoero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Naoero. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Naoero,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Naoero.
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