Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun palau
2 senses of palau
Sense 1
Palau, Republic of Palau, TT -- (a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States)
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
Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew -- (a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean)
INSTANCE OF=> archipelago -- (a group of many islands in a large body of water)