English noun: Tuvalu | |||
1. | Tuvalu (location) 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 | ||
Instance hypernym | country, land, state | ||
Part holonym | Funafuti | ||
Part meronym | Ellice Islands, Tuvalu | ||
2. | Tuvalu (location) a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii | ||
Synonyms | Ellice Islands | ||
Instance hypernym | archipelago | ||
Part holonym | Tuvalu | ||
Part meronym | Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, TT | ||