Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nauru

2 senses of nauru

Sense 1
Nauru, Republic of Nauru -- (an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")

Sense 2
Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant Island -- (a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)