Palauan

Ethnic groups: Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)

Palau

The Supreme Court is seeking individuals with a sense of adventure, an acute legal mind, and a commitment to the thoughtful development of Palauan law.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Wanted:

The Supreme Court is seeking individuals with a sense of adventure, an acute legal mind, and a commitment to the thoughtful development of Palauan law.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 2007 » September

Birdlife International also recognizes the Palauan islands as an Endemic Bird Area, with 10 endemic bird species.

Palau tropical moist forests

The first recorded contact between Europeans and Palauan natives was in 1564, when Spanish explorers reached the islands and claimed them for Spain.

Brotherhood of Heroes

The first recorded contact between Europeans and Palauan natives was in 1564, when Spanish explorers reached the islands and claimed them for Spain.

Brotherhood of Heroes

Justin Hirosi, the person charged with the killing, is a Palauan whose surname comes from the Japanese given name of one of his paternal ancestors a pattern common in Micronesia.

Context for the Missionary Killings in Palau « Far Outliers

I was not disappointed; soon a Palauan colleague cried, "Balang ra Beluulechab!"

Banking on Stone Money

He said he'd overexerted himself, that all he needed was to get back to their base for a snack, but as he swung through the trees on the way up the ridge, he lost his hold on a Palauan apple tree and crashed through a thicket of limbs to sprawl, amid a hail of fruit, on the sharp algae-covered limestone of the ridge.

Asimov's Science Fiction

(Polyn.); Maota (Tah.); Muiang, Mwong (Ponape); Palanau, Palauan (Philipp.);

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