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Nauru

Syllabification: (Na·u·ru)

Pronunciation: /näˈo͞oro͞o/

Definition of Nauru

an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near the equator; population 14,000 (est. 2009); no official capital but government is in Yaren District; official languages, Nauruan (an Austronesian language) and English.

Since 1968 it has been an independent republic with a limited form of membership of the Commonwealth of Nations. The world’s smallest independent republic, Nauru joined the United Nations in 1999. It has the world’s richest deposits of phosphates