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PALAU ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Palau Islands mean?
• PALAU ISLANDS (noun)
The noun PALAU ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
Familiarity information: PALAU ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Belau; Palau; Palau Islands; Pelew
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Palau Islands"):
Palau; Republic of Palau; TT (a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States)
Holonyms ("Palau Islands" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
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