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語源

From German Nauru, from Nauruan Naoero. Doublet of Naoero.

The exact origin of the name is uncertain. The German anthropologist Paul Hambruch suggested that it derives from the Nauruan phrase a-nuau-a-ororo (anáoero, “I go to the seashore”), although this was later disputed by the German Catholic missionary Alois Kayser.

発音

• (Australia) IPA: /ˈnaʊru/, /nəˈru/, /ˈnaːruː/
• (Nauru) IPA: /ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/
• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /nɑːˈuː.ɹuː/, /ˈnaʊ.ɹu/
• enPR: näo͞o′ro͞o
• enPR: nä-o͞o′ro͞o
• 韻: -uː

固有名詞

Nauru

1. A country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Naoero.
   • 2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times (Australia section)‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 October 2021‎:

     The announcement Wednesday said those seeking refuge would all now be processed on the island nation of Nauru, another country that has been doing that work for Australia.

2. Nauruan, the language of Nauru.

使用する際の注意点

• The pronunciation of “Nauru” varies significantly depending on the region. The local English pronunciation in Nauru is IPA: /ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/. Standard British and American English speakers typically use the trisyllabic IPA: /nɑːˈuː.ɹuː/ (which most closely reflects the German source, Nauru) or IPA: /ˈnaʊ.ɹu/. In Australia, Anglicized variants with final stress (by analogy with Aboriginal loanwords ending in ‐roo or ‐ru) such as IPA: /naʊˈru/ are prevalent, frequently smoothing to IPA: /naːˈruː/ or reducing to IPA: /nəˈru/ in casual speech.

派生語

• Nauruan

派生した語

• → Afrikaans: Nauru
• → Bislama: Nauru
• → Fijian: Nauru
• → Indonesian: Nauru
• → Malay: Nauru
• → Samoan: Nauru
• → Swahili: Nauru

参考

• Countries of the world

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