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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.

   "Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice."

2. 2
   a native or inhabitant of Nauru wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauruan language. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   the language of Nauru

Example

More examples

"Nauru is called "Naoero" in Nauruan."

Etymology

From Nauru + -an.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.