Nauruan

adjective

Na·u·ru·an nä-ˈü-rə-wən

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Nauru or its people

Nauruan noun

plural Nauruans

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1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Nauruan was in 1921

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