A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau.

Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”)

plural of palau

The formal and full name of the country Palau.

A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.

Someone from Palau.

From Palau

plural of Palauan

(slang, sometimes derogatory) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Palauans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

Palaung, an ethnic group in Myanmar