Tuvalu (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: tuvalu ]

  2. a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii

    [ Syn: tuvalu , ellice islands ]

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