Belauann.adj.
/bɛˈlaʊən/, /bᵻˈlaʊən/, U.S. /bəˈlaʊən/ A. n.
= Palauan n. 1.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun]
Otaheitan1769
South Sea Islander1777
Pacific Islander1785
Polynesian1807
Fijian1809
Tahitian1825
Pitcairner1831
Rarotongan1837
Micronesian1847
Tongan1853
Samoan1856
Niuean1863
Solomon Islander1864
Lifuan1873
Cook Islander1888
Gilbertese1902
Nauruan1921
Trobriander1922
Pascuan1937
Palauan1946
Marshallese1948
Trobriand Islander1951
Belauan1974
Tuvaluan1975
1974 D. Faulkner This Living Reef 10/2 Some Belauans say that those people living on the islands that are Uwab's legs can run fast.
1982 Progressive May 35/3 In early 1979 the Belauans called a constitutional convention.
1998 Women of Color Health Data Bk. (U.S. Dept. Health) (Nexis) 5 The second largest group of Micronesians are Belauans (formerly Palauans), who numbered just over 1,400 in 1990.
B. adj.
= Palauan adj. 1.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [adjective]
Otaheitana1771
Tahitian1822
Fijian1846
Samoan1846
Micronesian1847
Niuean1868
Tonga1891
Gilbertese1893
Lifuan1917
Pascuan1940
Palauan1946
Belauan1974
1974 D. Faulkner This Living Reef 181 The reader will not find Belauan names on any other maps..the people of Belau did not have a part of making them.
1987 Sanity 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.
1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 22 Mar. c12 The U.S. has ratified the deal, known as the compact of free association, and successive Belauan governments have promised to do so, but none have.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1974