Definitions
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- noun a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
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Palau - 191 square miles - Palau (also known as Belau) was a Trust Territory of Pacific Islands.
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Doni Belau is the founder of Girls' Guide to Paris, a Web site and blog about everything in Paris.
Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012
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Doni Belau is the founder of Girls' Guide to Paris, a Web site and blog about everything in Paris.
Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012
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Palauconventional long form: Republic of Palau conventional short form: Palau local long form: Beluu er a Belau local short form: Belau former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District
Country name 2008
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Belau, the native form of Palau, is sometimes used.
Palau The World Factbook 2008
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Met with a technology manager from Shell, Jens Mueller-Belau, and did a short but intense interview.
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Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Republic of Palau conventional short form: Palau local long form: Beluu er a Belau local short form: Belau former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District
Palau 2008
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Met with a technology manager from Shell, Jens Mueller-Belau, and did a short but intense interview.
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The archipelago of Palau, or Belau, is probably most famous for the Rock Islands, a cluster of more than 200 rounded knobs of karst-weathered, forest-capped limestone, with steep sides plunging to the sea.
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It was only because Lisa Lee had finally tired of him that Darton returned to Belau, chastened and solemn and desperate to be in love with Michelle again.
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