# Vanuatu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /ˌvænuːˈaːtuː/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /væn.uːˈɑː.tuː/
* (General American) IPA: /vɑ.nuˈɑ.tu/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Holonyms

* Melanesia

#### Derived terms

* Vanuatuan
* ni-Vanuatu

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* Vanuatuaan
* Vanuatuaans
* Vanuatuer
* Vanuatus

## Bislama
### Etymology

From vanua (“land”) (from Proto-Austronesian *banua) + tu (“stand”), likely from Raga.

### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvanuatu]

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n (indeclinable, relational adjective vanuatský, demonym Vanuaťan)
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

### Further reading

* “Vanuatu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌvan.ua.ˈtu/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Van‧ua‧tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu, from Austronesian land (from Proto-Austronesian *banua) + tu (“stand”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /van.uˈɑː.tu/

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* vanuatiskur
* vanuatubúgvi

## Fijian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βa.nu.a.tu/

### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country in Oceania)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Bislama Vanuatu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑnuɑtu/, [ˈʋɑ̝nuˌɑ̝t̪u]
* Rhymes: -ɑtu
* Hyphenation: Va‧nua‧tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Declension

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: /va.nɥa.ty/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Vanuatu m
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vanuˈaːtuː/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n (proper noun, genitive Vanuatus or (optionally with an article) Vanuatu)
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Declension
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɒnuɒtu]
* Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu
* Rhymes: -tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* vanuatui

## Italian
### Proper noun

Vanuatu m
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* vanuater, vanuatuer
* vanuatisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* vanuatuar
* vanuatisk, vanuatuisk

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Bislama Vanuatu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /va.nuˈa.tu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atu
* Syllabification: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n (indeclinable, related adjective vanuacki)
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* Vanuatczyk
* Vanuatka

### See also

* 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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /va.nu.aˈtu/ [va.nʊ.aˈtu], (faster pronunciation) /va.nwaˈtu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /va.nwaˈtu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /va.nwaˈtu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ba.nwaˈtu/
* Hyphenation: Va‧nu‧a‧tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu m
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvanuatu/

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈnwatu/ [baˈnwa.t̪u]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atu
* Syllabification: Va‧nua‧tu

### Proper noun

Vanuatu ?
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* vanuatuense

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Vanuatu n (genitive Vanuatus)
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* vanuatisk
* vanuatiska
* vanuatuer

### Further reading

* Vanuatu in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Vanuatu
* Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* Vanuatulu

### See also

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