Tuvalu
/tuːˈvɑːluː/
/tuːˈvɑːluː/
- a country consisting of nine islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Funafuti and its official languages are Tuvaluan and English. It used to be a British colony called the Ellice Islands and became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1978.
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