Tuvalu
专有名词
英 /ˌtuːvəˈluː/|/tuːˈvɑː.luː/|/ˈtuː.və.luː/
美 /tuˈvɑ.lu/|/ˈtu.və.lu/|/tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
英文释义
专有名词
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A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
— Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.
词源
From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).
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