Noun tuvalu has 2 senses
  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
    --1 is a kind of
    country, state, land
    --1 is a part of Tuvalu, Ellice Islands
    --1 has part: Funafuti
  2. Tuvalu, Ellice Islands - a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii
    --2 is a kind of archipelago
    --2 is a part of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT
    --2 has parts: Tuvalu
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