Tuvalu
1. Tuvalu
a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978 [Majhna otoška republika na otokih Tuvalu, nekoč del britanske kolonije Gilberta in Ellicea, ki se je leta 1975 odcepila in leta 1978 postala neodvisna od Združenega kraljestva.]
2. Ellice, Tuvalu, otoki Ellice
a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii [skupina koralnih otokov na območju Mikronezije, jugozahodno od Havajev]