Palau is an English word with synonyms like country or state. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Palau meaning
A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.
Synonyms of Palau
Using Palau
- The main meaning on this page is: A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.
- Useful related words include: republic of palau, tt, country, state.
- In the example corpus, palau often appears in combinations such as: and palau, of palau, in palau.
Context around Palau
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Palau
- In this selection, "palau" 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, islands, tuvalu, consists, boy and law stand out and add context to how "palau" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include republic of palau and arrested by palau law enforcement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "palau" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with palau
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Palau signed their renewed agreement with the U.S. in May. (11 words)
Palau tied its national record with 35C at Babelthuap international airport. (11 words)
Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral. (11 words)
A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible along its coast as well as in parts of Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. (41 words)
Palau is one of the few countries that recognizes and maintains diplomatic relations with the island, which split from mainland China during a civil war in 1949 and set up a rival government to the victorious Communists in Beijing. (39 words)
A third of the vessels in the cache used flags of convenience like Palau and St Kitts and Nevis, which are blacklisted by European port authorities for their poor enforcement of international shipping conventions. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rock Islands in Palau - Such scenery has helped invite tourism and build up Palau's economy. The economy of Palau consists primarily of subsistence agriculture and fishing.
Banting confirmed that Bernados had a “Palau boy” tattoo on his left shoulder as he and Bernados used to work in Palau.
Academic and mother-of-two Lisa Lines, 43, was arrested by Palau law enforcement last week and charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder.
Also known as the Carolines, it is a scattered archipelago of small islands that are divided between Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.
Palau is one of the few countries that recognizes and maintains diplomatic relations with the island, which split from mainland China during a civil war in 1949 and set up a rival government to the victorious Communists in Beijing.
Palau signed their renewed agreement with the U.S. in May.
The Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo flags have also been responsible for over 5,200 deficiencies or detentions issued by European Port State Control enforcement agencies.
The SS Curtiss is currently conducting a community outreach event during a port visit in the Republic of Palau.
After taking up residence in the world’s fourth smallest country four years ago, Richelle was tasked with further establishing relations between Australia and Palau.
Collectively, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau have a population half the size of Pittsburgh.
Over time, the committee has grown to include participation from across the Pacific, with subjects encompassing national security, environmental regulation and protection, economic expansion for Palau, and others.
Palau has led the efforts to impose a moratorium on deep sea mining until its environmental impacts are better understood.
Palau tied its national record with 35C at Babelthuap international airport.
The other nations in the group that brought the case were Tuvalu, Palau, Niue, Vanuatu, St.Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines and St. Kitts and Nevis.
To help locate a new entry point, Dr Fernando and the team used data from stations in Australia and Palau, an island in the Pacific, designed to detect sound waves from nuclear testing.
A third of the vessels in the cache used flags of convenience like Palau and St Kitts and Nevis, which are blacklisted by European port authorities for their poor enforcement of international shipping conventions.
This spring, Goldberg will embark on the last leg of his eight-year trip, traveling to the five countries he has yet to visit: Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Jamaica and Palau.
Udui said once they get to Palau, they will be immediately bused to the quarantine site.
Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral.
A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible along its coast as well as in parts of Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Common combinations with palau
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and palau 12×
- of palau 10×
- in palau 7×
- palau has 7×
- palau is 4×
- to palau 3×
- palau and 3×
- palau the 3×
- palau an 2×
- palau to 2×