Ānewetak

[ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk]


Mājro

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English

Majuro (an atoll, the capital city of the Marshall Islands)


Āne-wātak

[ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk]


Āne-wetak

[ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk]


Arņo

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Arņo (M.O.D.: Arṇo) (person noun ri-Arņo)


Jālwōj

jāl- (“facing”) + wōj (“beauty” or “you”)


Ānewātak

[ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk]


aelōn̄

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aelōn̄ (M.O.D.: aelōñ) (construct aelōn̄in, transitive causative verb kaaelōn̄e, personal noun ri-aelōn̄, distributive verb aelōn̄e)

aelōñ (M.O.D.)
aelōn̄in (construct)
kaaelōn̄e (causative transitive)
ri-aelōn̄ (noun personal)
aelōn̄e (distributive verb)


Aelōn̄in-ae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Kuwajleen

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→ German: Kwajalein
→ English: Kwajalein

→ Japanese: クェゼリン (Kwezerin)


Nukne

Borrowed from English New Guinea. The Guinea portion was itself borrowed from Portuguese Guiné.


Aelōn̄ļapļap

[ɑelʲɤŋ(ɤ)lˠɑbʲ(ɛ)lˠɑpʲ]

[ɑelʲɤŋ lˠɑpʲ lˠɑpʲ]

/ɰæjelʲeŋlˠæpʲlˠæpʲ/


Jebat

Jabat island; Jabot island; Jabwot island


Aelōn̄in Ae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Kuajleen

English: Kwajalein

German: Kwajalein

Japanese: クェゼリン (Kwezerin)


Epjā

→ German: Ebeje
→ English: Ebeye
→ German: Ebeye
→ Marshallese: Ibae

→ Japanese: エビゼ (Ebize)

Ebeye (the most populous island of Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands)


Nibbon̄

[nʲipˠ pˠɔŋʷ]

/nʲipˠpˠɛŋʷ/

Borrowed from Japanese 日本 (にっぽん, Nippon), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit-pwonX). Doublet of Jepaan.


Ibae

Borrowed from the English sight pronunciation of Ebeye, from a misspelling of German Ebeje, from Marshallese Ebeje, the older orthographic spelling of Epjā.


Pikinni

→ German: Bikini
→ English: Bikini
→ French: Bikini
⇒ French: bikini
→ Dutch: bikini
→ English: bikini
→ Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
→ German: Bikini
→ Portuguese: biquíni
→ Spanish: biquini

pikin (= pik (“surface”) + -in (“of”)) + ni (“coconuts”)


M̧ajeļ

Borrowed from English Marshall, named after John Marshall.

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Jepaan

/tʲɛpʲæɰænʲ/

Borrowed from English Japan, from Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X). Doublet of Nibbon̄.


Ron̄ļap

[rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ]

[rʷɔŋʷ lˠɑpʲ]

/rʷɛŋʷlˠæpʲ/


M̧aļoeļap

[mˠɑlˠɔːɛlˠɑpʲ]

[mˠɑlˠɔ ɛlˠɑpʲ]

/mˠælˠɛwjɛlˠæpʲ/


M̧aļo-eļap

[mˠɑlˠɔːɛlˠɑpʲ]

[mˠɑlˠɔ ɛlˠɑpʲ]


Ļora

Borrowed from English Laura, from Latin Laura, named after Lauren Bacall.


Kuwaam̧

Borrowed from English Guam, from Chamorro Guåhan.


Karoļāin

[kɑrˠɔːlˠæinʲ]


Epatōn

/jɛpʲætˠɛnʲ/


Enm̧aat

[ɛnʲ(ʌ)mˠɑːtˠ]

[ɛnʲ mˠɑɑtˠ]

/jɛnʲmˠæɰætˠ/


Āneeļļapkaņ

[ænʲeːllˠɑbʲ(ɛ)ɡɑnˠ]

Ennylabegan, Kwajalein atoll; Carlos, Kwajalein atoll


Āneeļļap-kaņ

[ænʲeːllˠɑbʲ(ɛ)ɡɑnˠ]


Ļaņtōn

[lˠɑnˠ tˠʌnʲ]

/lˠænˠtˠɛnʲ/

Borrowed from English London, from Latin Londīnium.

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Ebeje

→ Japanese: エビゼ (Ebize)


Jāipaan

[tʲæibʲɑːnʲ]

[tʲæibʲɑɑnʲ]

/tʲæjipʲæɰænʲ/

Borrowed from English Saipan, from Chamorro Sa'ipan.


Jam̧uwa

[tʲɑːmˠuːwɑ]


Boonpe

Borrowed from English Ponape, itself borrowed from Pohnpeian Pohnpei.


Nawōdo

/nʲæɰwɛrʲɛw/


Awai

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Kiuba

Borrowed from English Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Bōļau

Borrowed from English Palau, itself borrowed from Palauan Belau.


M̧adianna

[mˠɑrʲiɑːnnʲɑ]

[mˠɑrʲi ɑnʲ nʲɑ]

/mˠærʲijɰænʲnʲæɰ/

Borrowed from English Mariana, from Spanish Mariana, queen of Spain.


Kom̧le

→ English: Omelek


Āne-jaōeōe

[ænʲeːzʲɑɤe̯ɤːe̯]

[ænʲe tʲɑɤe̯ ɤe̯]

An atoll islet (āne) where there is said to live a demon that makes the noise "ōeōe".


Bōļao

/pˠɛlˠæɰwɛw/


Aelōn̄inae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Piji

From English Fiji, from Fijian Viti Levu (“Great Viti”).


Āne-buoj

Enubuj or Carlson islet, Kwajalein atoll


Taewan

/tˠæɰjɛwænʲ/

Borrowed from English Taiwan, from earlier Tayuan, Tayoan, or other variants, from Siraya tau (“people”) + an (“place”).


Mejatto

[mʲɛzʲɑttˠɔ]

[mʲɛzʲɑtˠ tˠɔ]

/mʲɛtʲætˠtˠɛw/


Kōn̄e-jekāān-eņ

[kɤŋeːzʲɛɡæːnʲɛːnˠ]

[kɤŋe tʲɛɡæænʲ ɛnˠ]

Gugeegue or Gugegwe islet, Kwajalein atoll


Ruot im Nim̧ur

Ruot (“Roi”) + im (“and”) + Nim̧ur (“Namur”). Formerly three separate islands (along with Āne-dikdik), now all joined by coral landfill.


Āne-bōn

[ænʲeːbˠɤnʲ]

Ennubirr islet or Third Island, Kwajalein atoll


kapilōn̄

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kapilōn̄ (M.O.D.: kapilōñ) (person noun ri-kapilōn̄)

kapilōñ (M.O.D.)
ri-kapilōn̄ (noun person)

[kɑbʲiːlʲɤŋ]


kipilōn̄

kipilōn̄ (M.O.D.: kipilōñ) (person noun ri-kipilōn̄)

kipilōñ (M.O.D.)
ri-kipilōn̄ (noun person)


On̄kon̄

[wɔŋʷ kʷɔŋʷ]

Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, “Fragrant Harbor”).

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)