Palau

Pa·lau  (pä-lou, p-) also Be·lau (b-) Formerly Pe·lew (p-l, p-) A group of about 200 volcanic islands and islets in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. When the Carolines became part of the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978, Palau chose to form a republic in free association with the United States, which became effective in 1994. The capital is Koror. Population: 19,700.

Palau

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Noun	1.	Palau - a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States Republic of Palau, TT Belau, Palau Islands, Pelew, Palau - a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
	2.	Palau - a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean Belau, Palau Islands, Pelew Palau, Republic of Palau, TT - a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world