Vanuatu

See also: Vanuatú

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌvænuːˈaːtuː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /væn.uːˈɑː.tuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɑ.nuˈɑ.tu/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Vanuatu

2. A country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu. Capital and largest city: Port Vila.

Holonyms

• Melanesia

Derived terms

• Vanuatuan
• ni-Vanuatu

Translations

Republic of Vanuatu

• Abkhaz: Вануату (Vanwatʼu)
• Afrikaans: Vanuatu
• Albanian: Vanuatu
• Amharic: ቫኑአቱ (vanuʾätu)
• Arabic: فَانُوَاتُو f (fānuwātū)
• Armenian: Վանուատու (Vanuatu)
• Asturian: Vanuatu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Vanuatu (az)
• Belarusian: Вануа́ту f or n (Vanuátu)
• Bengali: ভানুয়াটু (bn) (bhanuẏaṭu)
• Bislama: Vanuatu
• Breton: Vanuatu
• Bulgarian: Вануа́ту n (Vanuátu)
• Burmese: ဗနွားတူ (ba.nwa:tu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦努阿圖 / 瓦努阿图 (zh) (Wǎnǔ'ātú)

• Czech: Vanuatu (cs) n
• Danish: Vanuatu (da) n
• Dutch: Vanuatu (nl) n
• Esperanto: Vanuatuo (eo)
• Estonian: Vanuatu (et)
• Faroese: Vanuatu n
• Finnish: Vanuatu (fi)
• French: Vanuatu (fr) m
• Georgian: ვანუატუ (vanuaṭu)
• German: Vanuatu (de) n
• Greek: Βανουάτου (el) n (Vanouátou)
• Hawaiian: ʻĀinawohi
• Hebrew: וָנוּאָטוּ f (vanuatu)
• Hindi: वानूआतू (hi) m (vānūātū)
• Hungarian: Vanuatu (hu) (short name), Vanuatui Köztársaság (official name)
• Indonesian: Vanuatu (id)
• Interlingua: Vanuatu
• Irish: Vanuatú m, Poblacht Vanuatú f
• Italian: Vanuatu (it) m
• Japanese: バヌアツ (ja) (Banuatsu), ヴァヌアツ (ja) (Vanuatsu)
• Kalenjin: Vanuatu
• Kamba: Vanuatu
• Kazakh: Вануату (kk) (Vanuatu)
• Khmer: វ៉ានូអាទូ (vaanuuʼaatuu)
• Kikuyu: Vanuatu
• Korean: 바누아투 (ko) (Banuatu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Vanûatû

• Kyrgyz: Вануату (ky) (Vanuatu)
• Lao: ວານູອາຕູ (wā nū ʼā tū)
• Latvian: Vanuatu
• Lithuanian: Vanuatu (lt) f
• Luo: Vanuatu
• Macedonian: Вануа́ту (mk) m (Vanuátu)
• Malay: Vanuatu
• Maltese: Vanuatu
• Māori: Whenuatū
• Meru: Vanuatu
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Вануату (mn) (Vanuatu)

• Navajo: Banoʼáátʼoo
• Norman: Vanuatu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vanuatu n

• Pashto: وانواتو (wānwātū)
• Persian: وانواتو (vânuâtu)
• Polish: Vanuatu (pl) n
• Portuguese: Vanuatu (pt) m
• Romanian: Vanuatu (ro) n
• Russian: Вануа́ту (ru) f or n (Vanuátu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вануа̀ту m

  Latin: Vanuàtu (sh) m

• Slovak: Vanuatu n
• Slovene: Vanuatu (sl) m
• Spanish: Vanuatu (es) m
• Swahili: Vanuatu (sw)
• Swedish: Vanuatu (sv) n
• Tagalog: Banwatu, Vanuatu
• Tajik: Вануату (Vanuatu)
• Tatar: Вануату (Wanuwatu)
• Thai: วานูอาตู (th) (waa-nuu-aa-dtuu)
• Turkish: Vanuatu (tr)
• Turkmen: Wanuatu
• Ukrainian: Вануа́ту n (Vanuátu)
• Urdu: وَانُوَاتُو m (vānūātū)
• Uyghur: ۋانۇئاتۇ (wanu'atu)
• Uzbek: Vanuatu (uz)
• Vietnamese: Va-nu-a-tu, Tân Đảo
• Yoruba: Faniatu

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania; capital and largest city: Vila)

Related terms

• Vanuatuaan
• Vanuatuaans
• Vanuatuer
• Vanuatus

Bislama

Etymology

Borrowed from an Oceanic language, likely from Raga [Term?]; from vanua (“land”) (from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua) + tu (“stand”) (from Proto-Oceanic *tuqur). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Replace the "und" language code with the correct one.”

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanuatu]

Proper noun

Vanuatu n (indeclinable, relational adjective vanuatský, demonym Vanuaťan)

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Further reading

• “Vanuatu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvaː.nuˈ(ʋ)aː.tu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːtu
• Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /van.uˈɑː.tu/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtu
• Hyphenation: Van‧u‧a‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

• vanuatiskur
• vanuatubúgvi

Fijian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βa.nu.a.tu/

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Finnish

Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑnuɑtu/, [ˈʋɑ̝nuˌɑ̝t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɑtu
• Syllabification^(key): Va‧nu‧a‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): Va‧nua‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Declension

Inflection of Vanuatu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Vanuatu	—
genitive		Vanuatun	—
partitive		Vanuatua	—
illative		Vanuatuun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vanuatu	—
accusative	nom.	Vanuatu	—
	gen.	Vanuatun
genitive		Vanuatun	—
partitive		Vanuatua	—
inessive		Vanuatussa	—
elative		Vanuatusta	—
illative		Vanuatuun	—
adessive		Vanuatulla	—
ablative		Vanuatulta	—
allative		Vanuatulle	—
essive		Vanuatuna	—
translative		Vanuatuksi	—
abessive		Vanuatutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vanuatu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatuni — accusative nom. Vanuatuni — gen. Vanuatuni genitive Vanuatuni — partitive Vanuatuani — inessive Vanuatussani — elative Vanuatustani — illative Vanuatuuni — adessive Vanuatullani — ablative Vanuatultani — allative Vanuatulleni — essive Vanuatunani — translative Vanuatukseni — abessive Vanuatuttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatusi — accusative nom. Vanuatusi — gen. Vanuatusi genitive Vanuatusi — partitive Vanuatuasi — inessive Vanuatussasi — elative Vanuatustasi — illative Vanuatuusi — adessive Vanuatullasi — ablative Vanuatultasi — allative Vanuatullesi — essive Vanuatunasi — translative Vanuatuksesi — abessive Vanuatuttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatumme — accusative nom. Vanuatumme — gen. Vanuatumme genitive Vanuatumme — partitive Vanuatuamme — inessive Vanuatussamme — elative Vanuatustamme — illative Vanuatuumme — adessive Vanuatullamme — ablative Vanuatultamme — allative Vanuatullemme — essive Vanuatunamme — translative Vanuatuksemme — abessive Vanuatuttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatunne — accusative nom. Vanuatunne — gen. Vanuatunne genitive Vanuatunne — partitive Vanuatuanne — inessive Vanuatussanne — elative Vanuatustanne — illative Vanuatuunne — adessive Vanuatullanne — ablative Vanuatultanne — allative Vanuatullenne — essive Vanuatunanne — translative Vanuatuksenne — abessive Vanuatuttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vanuatunsa — accusative nom. Vanuatunsa — gen. Vanuatunsa genitive Vanuatunsa — partitive Vanuatuaan Vanuatuansa — inessive Vanuatussaan Vanuatussansa — elative Vanuatustaan Vanuatustansa — illative Vanuatuunsa — adessive Vanuatullaan Vanuatullansa — ablative Vanuatultaan Vanuatultansa — allative Vanuatulleen Vanuatullensa — essive Vanuatunaan Vanuatunansa — translative Vanuatukseen Vanuatuksensa — abessive Vanuatuttaan Vanuatuttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• vanuatulainen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.nɥa.ty/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vanuˈaːtuː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Vanuatu n (proper noun, genitive Vanuatus or (optionally with an article) Vanuatu)

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Declension

Declension of Vanuatu [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Vanuatu
genitive	eines	des	Vanuatus
dative	einem	dem	Vanuatu
accusative	ein	das	Vanuatu

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒnuɒtu]
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania; official name: Vanuatui Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vanuatu	—
accusative	Vanuatut	—
dative	Vanuatunak	—
instrumental	Vanuatuval	—
causal-final	Vanuatuért	—
translative	Vanuatuvá	—
terminative	Vanuatuig	—
essive-formal	Vanuatuként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Vanuatuban	—
superessive	Vanuatun	—
adessive	Vanuatunál	—
illative	Vanuatuba	—
sublative	Vanuatura	—
allative	Vanuatuhoz	—
elative	Vanuatuból	—
delative	Vanuaturól	—
ablative	Vanuatutól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Vanuatué	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Vanuatuéi	—

Possessive forms of Vanuatu

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Vanuatum	—
2nd person sing.	Vanuatud	—
3rd person sing.	Vanuatuja	—
1st person plural	Vanuatunk	—
2nd person plural	Vanuatutok	—
3rd person plural	Vanuatujuk	—

Derived terms

• vanuatui

See also

countries in Oceania: Ausztrália és Óceánia országai (appendix)edit

• Ausztrália
• Cook-szigetek
• Fidzsi-szigetek
• Kiribati
• Marshall-szigetek
• Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok, (loosely) Mikronézia
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Pápua Új-Guinea
• Salamon-szigetek
• Szamoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Új-Zéland
• Vanuatu

Italian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈnwa.tu/, /va.nuˈa.tu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: Va‧nuà‧tu, Va‧nu‧à‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɐnʊ.²ˈɑːtʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːtʊ
• Syllabification: Va‧nu‧ã‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuãtu m (uncountable, indeclinable, relational adjective vanuatiẽtiškas, demonym vanuatiẽtis, female demonym vanuatiẽtė)

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania; official name: Vanuãtu Respùblika)

See also

countries in Oceania: Okeãnijos valstýbės (appendix)edit

• Austrãlija
• Fi̇̀džis
• Kiribãtis
• Kùko Sãlos
• Máršalo Sãlos
• Mikronèzija
• Naujóji Zelándija
• Naùru
• Niùjė
• Paláu
• Pãpua Naujóji Gvinė́ja
• Saliãmono Sãlos
• Samòa
• Tònga
• Tuvãlu
• Vanuãtu

Further reading

• “Vanuatu”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Vanuatu” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Related terms

• vanuater, vanuatuer
• vanuatisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Related terms

• vanuatuar
• vanuatisk, vanuatuisk

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.nuˈa.tu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu n (indeclinable, related adjective vanuacki)

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

nouns

• Vanuatczyk
• Vanuatka

See also

countries in Oceania: kraje Oceanii (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Fidżi
• Kiribati
• Mikronezja
• Nauru
• Niue
• Nowa Zelandia
• Palau
• Papua-Nowa Gwinea
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
• Vanuatu
• Wyspy Cooka
• Wyspy Marshalla
• Wyspy Salomona

Further reading

• “Vanuatu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.nu.aˈtu/, (faster pronunciation) /va.nwaˈtu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /va.nwaˈtu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /va.nwaˈtu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ba.nwaˈtu/

• Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvanuatu/

Proper noun

Vanuatu n

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

• Vanuatčan m
• Vanuatčanka f
• vanuatský

Further reading

• “Vanuatu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnwatu/ [baˈnwa.t̪u]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: Va‧nua‧tu

Proper noun

Vanuatu m

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

• vanuatuense

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Vanuatu n (genitive Vanuatus)

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Related terms

• vanuatisk
• vanuatiska
• vanuatuer

See also

countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

• Australien
• Cooköarna
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshallöarna
• Mikronesien
• Nauru
• Nya Zeeland
• Palau
• Papua Nya Guinea
• Salomonöarna
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

References

• “Vanuatu”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Vanuatu

1. Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

Declension

Declension of Vanuatu

	singular
nominative	Vanuatu
accusative	Vanuatu'yu
dative	Vanuatu'ya
locative	Vanuatu'da
ablative	Vanuatu'dan
genitive	Vanuatu'nun

Possessive forms of Vanuatu

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Vanuatu'm	Vanuatularım Vanuatu'larım
senin (your)	Vanuatu'n	Vanuatuların Vanuatu'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Vanuatu'su	Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları
bizim (our)	Vanuatu'muz	Vanuatularımız Vanuatu'larımız
sizin (your)	Vanuatu'nuz	Vanuatularınız Vanuatu'larınız
onların (their)	Vanuatu'su Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları	Vanuatuları Vanuatu'ları

Derived terms

• Vanuatulu

See also

countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Avustralya
• Cook Adaları
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Adaları
• Mikronezya
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua Yeni Gine
• Samoa
• Solomon Adaları
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Yeni Zelanda