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US
/ˈtuvɑˌɫu/
]
NOUN
- a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
- a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
How To Use Tuvalu In A Sentence
- Tuvalu is one of dozens of low-lying islands threatened with rising sea levels.
- Fongafale (largest island Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E of Funafuti) The 2007 CIA World Factbook
- Exchange rates: Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar The 2001 CIA World Factbook
- Floods and rogue waves raise the saltwater table underlying the atolls, poisoning the Tuvaluans' staple crops.
- Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) Tuvalu
- For instance, when hurricane Bebe hit Tuvalu in 1972 it deposited 140 hectares of sedimentary debris onto the eastern reef, increasing the area of the main island by 10 per cent.
- Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar The 2001 CIA World Factbook
- Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar - The 2001 CIA World Factbook
- In Tuvalu, farmers once dug pits in the sandy soil, filled them with compost and planted taro, but now in low-lying areas, increasingly brackish water is poisoning these root crops.
- Nationality: noun: Tuvaluan (s) adjective: Tuvaluan Tuvalu
