How do you use Nauruans in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Nauruans meaning
plural of Nauruan
Using Nauruans
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Nauruan
- In the example corpus, nauruans often appears in combinations such as: of nauruans, around nauruans, nauruans had.
Context around Nauruans
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nauruans
- In this selection, "nauruans" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1830, non, gave, cannot, started and pay stand out and add context to how "nauruans" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include around 1830 nauruans had contact and non nauruans cannot own. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nauruans" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nauruans
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Non-Nauruans cannot own lands. (5 words)
Non-Nauruans cannot own land on the island. (8 words)
During this time, the Japanese deported several thousands of Nauruans to other islands. (13 words)
Money gained from the exploitation of phosphate was put into the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust and gave Nauruans the second highest GDP Per Capita (second only to the United Arab Emirates ) and one of the highest standards of living in the Third World. (43 words)
The NIC was dissolved in 1999 and all assets and liabilities became vested in the national government. citation Land tenure on Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups. (43 words)
From around 1830, Nauruans had contact with Europeans from whaling ships and traders who replenished their supplies (particularly fresh water) at Nauru. citation Around this time, deserters from European ships began to live on the island. (36 words)
Example sentences (9)
During this time, the Japanese deported several thousands of Nauruans to other islands.
From around 1830, Nauruans had contact with Europeans from whaling ships and traders who replenished their supplies (particularly fresh water) at Nauru. citation Around this time, deserters from European ships began to live on the island.
From around 1830, Nauruans had contact with Europeans from whaling ships and traders who replenished their supplies (such as fresh water) at Nauru.
In the 1960s, the country gained independence, where the percentage of Nauruans started to increase.
Money gained from the exploitation of phosphate was put into the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust and gave Nauruans the second highest GDP Per Capita (second only to the United Arab Emirates ) and one of the highest standards of living in the Third World.
Non-Nauruans cannot own land on the island.
Non-Nauruans cannot own lands.
The government is desperately in need of money to pay off salary arrears of civil servants and to continue funding the welfare state built up in the heyday of phosphate mining (Nauruans pay no taxes).
The NIC was dissolved in 1999 and all assets and liabilities became vested in the national government. citation Land tenure on Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups.
Common combinations with nauruans
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of nauruans 2×
- around nauruans 2×
- nauruans had 2×