Palu is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Palu in a sentence
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Palu meaning
The capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Using Palu
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- In the example corpus, palu often appears in combinations such as: of palu, in palu, palu central.
Context around Palu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Palu
- In this selection, "palu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, siokapesi, reptile, toured, central, trilleen and immediately stand out and add context to how "palu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cities of palu and donggala and 2012 the palu mayor rusdy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "palu" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with palu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A survivor walks under a car struck on a building in Palu. (12 words)
Aerial view of the city of Palu after earthquake hit, Indonesia Sulawesi Island. (13 words)
In 2012, the Palu mayor, Rusdy Mastura, apologized to the victims of the anti-communist violence. (16 words)
Smith, prop Eva Karpani and replacement forwards Siokapesi Palu, Trilleen Pomare, Tiarna Molloy and Bridie O’Gorman also crossed in the 10-tries-to-one rout as the Wallaroos won for the first time since beating Wales 25-19 in Auckland last November. (43 words)
Authorities in Indonesia have begun mass burials for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the city of Palu, as relatives of the missing combed through body bags for their loved ones and the search for survivors intensified. (39 words)
Dozens of people were reported to be still trapped in the rubble of a hotel in the city of Palu, which was hit by waves up to six metres high following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Smith, prop Eva Karpani and replacement forwards Siokapesi Palu, Trilleen Pomare, Tiarna Molloy and Bridie O’Gorman also crossed in the 10-tries-to-one rout as the Wallaroos won for the first time since beating Wales 25-19 in Auckland last November.
The contest will see one brave croc hunter land an unspecified amount of cash, but it will mean coming face to face with the 13-foot (4-metre) reptile Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi.
Aerial view of the city of Palu after earthquake hit, Indonesia Sulawesi Island.
AFP quoted Sri Puguh Utami as saying the inmates fled from two facilities in the hard-hit city of Palu, both of which were overcapacity, and one in Donggala.
A rescuer inspects the damage of Roa-Roa Hotel following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018.
A survivor walks under a car struck on a building in Palu.
Authorities in Indonesia have begun mass burials for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the city of Palu, as relatives of the missing combed through body bags for their loved ones and the search for survivors intensified.
A wave almost 10 feet high, triggered by Friday’s magnitude-7.5 earthquake, smashed into the cities of Palu and Donggala cities and several other settlements.
Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the tsunami hit the cities of Palu and Donggala, as well as several other coastal settlements.
Dozens of people were reported to be still trapped in the rubble of a hotel in the city of Palu, which was hit by waves up to six metres high following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday.
Halim, who is based in the capital Jakarta, rushed to Palu immediately after the quake struck and expected to be here days, or maybe weeks.
In 2012, the Palu mayor, Rusdy Mastura, apologized to the victims of the anti-communist violence.
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo toured Palu on Sunday and said rescuers were having difficulty reaching victims because of a shortage of heavy equipment.
Indonesian Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani said a church in the area of Sigi district, south of the badly damaged city of Palu on Sulawesi island, has been engulfed in mud and debris.
Indonesian women stand on the rubble as they look for what’s left from a relative’s house at Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Thursday.
In Tawaeli district in central Palu, crowds gathered at the port to intercept government aid arriving on boats.
In this cause, Palu Bay’s geometry could have amplified the tsunami, akin to how a child scooting in a bathtub can quickly create a wave that splashes onto the floor.
More than 380 people die as a powerful quake sends three-metre tsunami waves through the city of Palu.
Most of the attention so far has focused on the biggest affected city, Palu, home to 380,000 people with considerable damage.
Officials say the destroyed Palu neighborhoods of Balaroa and Petobo, and Jono Oge in neighboring Sigi district, cannot be redeveloped.
Common combinations with palu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of palu 10×
- in palu 7×
- palu central 2×
- palu and 2×
- the palu 2×
- palu on 2×
- from palu 2×