palau

Other forms of palau

plural

palaus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about palau

What does palau mean?

palau means "a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in palau?

palau has 2 syllables: pal-au. The stress falls on "pal". In IPA it is /ˈpælaʊ/.

What is another word for palau?

Close synonyms include Republic of Palau, TT, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palau a common word?

palau is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.