Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of Palauan.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Palauans.

Examples

  • The Obama administration official said the Palauans understand the U.S. — which subsidizes Palau's economy and oversees its defense — is under pressure to transfer detainees.

    Some Gitmo Detainees Resist Move to Palau 2009

  • After meeting with the Palauans and consulting their attorneys, the Uighurs showed little enthusiasm for transfer to the island, an administration official said.

    Some Gitmo Detainees Resist Move to Palau 2009

  • You'd think the Somalis and Palauans were in Iowa for the crisp fall air instead of as the result of a concerted campaign by Big Meat to hire two cheap labors pools allowed to work legally in the US due to special arrangements with the government.

    What Do Immigration and Religion Have to Do with the Price of Meat? Everything! 2008

  • You'd think the robed Somalis and Hasidic Jews, "beetle nut spitting" Palauans and Guatemalans in post-arrest ankle bracelets as the Des Moines Register describes them were gathered for an international film festival instead of to disembowel animals for $6 an hour.

    What Do Immigration and Religion Have to Do with the Price of Meat? Everything! 2008

  • EPILOGUE: Some Palauans “credit their reputation as hard-working entrepreneurs to what they learned from watching Japanese business success” p. 345, but on a larger scale a whole generation of Micronesian leaders educated under the Japanese was sidelined.

    The Era of Big Business in Micronesia « Far Outliers 2004

  • Ethnic divisions: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Ethnic groups: Palauans are Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Ethnic divisions: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races

    The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Ethnic groups: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races

    The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races

    The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.