Palauan
/pəˈlaʊən/noun
1A native or inhabitant of the Palau Islands, now the Republic of Belau, an archipelago of the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
2The Western Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the people of the Palau islands.
adjective
1Of, relating to, or designating the Palauans, their islands, or their culture.
2Of, relating to, or designating the Western Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Palauans.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in American Anthropologist. From Palau, the name of an archipelago of western Micronesia + -an.
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