tuvalu

Noun tuvalu has 2 senses

• tuvalu(n = noun.location) - 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;
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of ellice islands, tuvalu
has parts: funafuti

• tuvalu(n = noun.location) ellice islands - a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii;
is a part of federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt
has parts: tuvalu
is a kind of archipelago