Palau

Definitions: Palau

Palau

Noun

1. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.

2. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.

Synonyms: Palau

Synonyms: Belau (n), Palau Islands (n), Pelew (n), Republic of Palau (n), TT (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Palau

English words defined with "Palau": Palau Islands ♦ Republic of Palau. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Palau": Pacific Disaster Center, pw ♦ US dollar. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Palau" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (palace), German (Palau (pw)).

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Modern Usage: Palau

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau (1985)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Palau

Domain	Title
References	A Strategic Assessment of Palau, 2000 edition (reference) The 2001 Palau Economic and Product Market Databook (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk & the Marianas (reference) Overreaching in Paradise: United States Policy in Palau Since 1945 (reference) Papiri documentari greci del fondo Palau-Ribes (P. Palau Rib.) (reference) Call of the Morning Bird: Chants and Songs of Palau, Yap and Ponape (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Living Edens: Palau, Paradise of the Pacific (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Homenaje Al Maestro Manuel Palau (reference) Palau Boix: Symphony in D No2 (reference) 25/5/00 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Palau

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Non-Fiction Usage: Palau

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Palau	While calm in recent years, Palau witnessed several instances of political violence in the 1980s. The republic's first president, Haruo I. Remeliik, was assassinated in 1985, with the Minister of State eventually found to be complicit in the crime. (references)
	Palau	Political parties: Palau Nationalist Party, Ta Belau Party. (references)
	Palau	The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more than 250 smaller ones lying roughly 500 miles southeast of the Philippines. (references)
Political Economy	Palau	Palau, formerly a U.N. trusteeship administered by the United States, became an independent nation in free association with the United States on October 1, 1994. The democratically elected government is modeled after that of the United States. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Palau

"Palau" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Palau" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	26	68,323

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Palau

The following table summarizes the usage of "Palau" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Palau	Last name	300	26,198
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Palau

Expressions using "Palau": Palau Islands ♦ Republic of Palau. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Palau

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
palau	808
palau pw	81
palau island	61
luis palau	49
palau hotel	41
palau republic	21
palau map	14
palau picture	10
palau pacific resort	10
soler palau	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Palau

Language		Translations for "Palau"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Palau (Republic of Palau), Republikken Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Dutch		Palau (Republic of Palau), Republiek Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Finnish		Palaun tasavalta (Republic of Palau), Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

French		Palau (Republic of Palau), Palaos (Republic of Palau), République des Palaos (Republic of Palau), la République de Palau (Republic of Palau), la République de Belau (Republic of Palau), Belau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

German		Palau (Palau (pw), Republic of Palau), Republik Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Greek		�"ημοκρατία του � αλάου (Republic of Palau), � αλάου (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Italian		Palau (Republic of Palau), Repubblica di Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Pig Latin		alaupay.(various references)

Portuguese		Palau (Republic of Palau), República de Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Spanish		Palaos (Republic of Palau), República de Palaos (Republic of Palau). (various references)

Swedish		Palau (Republic of Palau), Republiken Palau (Republic of Palau). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Palau

Misspellings
	"Palau" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Epala, Kalabu, Palam, Palamut, Palaung, Palca, Pallam, Panafu, Panau, Patlak, Pilai, Pleiku, Poldauf, Pulqui, Qalaun. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Palau

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-p-u"
	-1 letter: pula.
	-2 letters: aal, ala, alp, lap, pal, pul.
	-3 letters: aa, al, la, pa, up.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-p-u"
	+1 letter: papula, pausal.
	+2 letters: ampulla, applaud, lupanar, pabular, paludal, papulae, papular, planula, plateau, scapula, spatula.
	+3 letters: ampullae, ampullar, applauds, applause, capitula, capsular, catapult, lupanars, nauplial, pastural, piacular, planulae, planular, plateaus, plateaux, puparial, scapulae, scapular, scapulas, spatular, spatulas, upheaval.
	+4 letters: ampullary, apetalous, apiculate, applauded, applauder, applauses, aquaplane, aspectual, asphaltum, campanula, cantaloup, capitular, catapults, epifaunal, launchpad, manipular, marsupial, palanquin, palladium, palladous, pansexual, paramylum, paulownia, plateaued, portulaca, scapulars, spatulate, subapical, tarpaulin, upheavals.
	+5 letters: acephalous, antiplague, antiplaque, applauders, applauding, applesauce, aquaplaned, aquaplaner, aquaplanes, asphaltums, campanulas, cantaloupe, cantaloups, capitulary, capitulate, capsulated, catapulted, launchpads, manipulate, marsupials, menopausal, palanquins, palladiums, paniculate, paramylums, parasexual, particular, paulownias, plateauing, portulacas, spathulate, spiracular, suprarenal, supravital, tarpaulins, ultrarapid, ultrasharp, unpassable, unpastoral, unplayable, unpleasant, upgradable.
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