NOUN
- 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
- an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
How To Use Nauru In A Sentence
- The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, flirts with the idea of sending asylum seekers to other countries such as Nauru without explicitly promising a return to the '' Pacific solution ''. The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines
- After the Japanese capitulated, the surrender ceremonies for Ocean and Nauru Islands were carried out on her quarterdeck.
- Names: conventional long form: Republic of Nauru conventional short form: Nauru former: Pleasant Island The 1995 CIA World Factbook
- Geographynote: Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator Nauru
- Labor's concern that Nauru is not a signatory to the United Nation's convention for refugees is a "furphy", he said. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
- It is not correct to say based on that advice that for example Nauru, which is Mr Abbott's plan, could be proceeded with without legal risk, and the solicitor-general points to that legal risk,'' she said. The Australian | News |
- America has the most-regulated food in the developed world, yet it also has the fattest people in the world — with the exception of the hearty trenchermen of Nauru and a few other dots in the Pacific. Tastemaker With a Sweet Tooth
- Nauruconventional long form: Republic of Nauru conventional short form: Nauru local long form: Republic of Nauru local short form: Nauru former: Pleasant Island Country name
- Australia set up immigration processing centres in other countries, such as Nauru and Papua Edmonton Sun
- GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Republic of Nauru conventional short form: Nauru local long form: Republic of Nauru local short form: Nauru former: Pleasant Island Nauru
