tuvalu

Other forms of tuvalu

plural

tuvalus·

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 tuvalu

What does tuvalu mean?

tuvalu means "a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tuvalu?

tuvalu has 3 syllables: tu-va-lu. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtuvɑˌlu/.

What is another word for tuvalu?

Close synonyms include Ellice Islands. 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 tuvalu a common word?

tuvalu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tuvalu?

9 words rhyme with tuvalu. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.