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Palauan, n. and a.|pəˈlaʊən|
Also Belauan |bɪˈlaʊən|.
[f. the place-name Palau (now Belau) + -an.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the Palau Islands, now the Republic of Belau, in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
b. The Malayo-Polynesian language of the people of these islands.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to these people or their language.
1909Webster, Palauan n. 1948W. Karig Fortunate Islands xiv. 200 All Yaplanders, like their neighbors the Palauans, chew betel. 1953Natural Hist. (N.Y.) LXII. 231 (caption) A typical Palauan outrigger. 1961Science 21 Apr. 1203/1 The Palauan words for ‘five’ and ‘hand’. 1975Language LI. 556 Palauan vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a phonetically motivated process. 1982Progressive May 34/2 The Belauan chain, formerly called Palau from its Japanese pronunciation, has been under the control of various foreign powers for four centuries. Ibid. 35/3 In early 1979 the Belauans called a constitutional convention. 1983Sea Frontiers XXIX. 34/1 Babeldaop means ‘upper ocean’ in Palauan. 1987Sanity Sept. 17/2 By building your understanding of the Belauan people and by learning to love the land and the sea you will know what you are fighting to protect. |