Tuvalu
/tuːˈvɑːluː/
/tuːˈvɑːluː/
- a country consisting of nine islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Funafuti and its official languages are Tuvaluan and English. It used to be a British colony called the Ellice Islands and became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1978.
西南太平洋上由九个岛屿组成的国家。首都为富纳富提，官方语言为图瓦卢语和英语。它曾经是英国殖民地，称为埃利斯群岛，1978年成为英联邦独立成员。