Koror

English

Etymology

Ultimately from an earlier form of Palauan Oreor (“Koror”), which started with /q/ or /x/ in earlier Palauan (cf. the form Goreor recorded by the 1908-10 Hamburg South Sea Expedition).[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹɚ/
Homophone: corer

Proper noun

Koror

The former capital and largest city of Palau

Translations

former capital of Palau

Palauan: Oreor
Russian: Коро́р m (Korór)

References

Osamu Sakiyama (1995 August 10) “Decipherment and Studies of Early Palauan Word-Lists Collection since the Eighteenth Century”, in Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 10

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[1] Osamu Sakiyama (1995 August 10) “Decipherment and Studies of Early Palauan Word-Lists Collection since the Eighteenth Century”, in Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 10