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

• country, state, land — the territory occupied by a nation

• Funafuti — capital of Tuvalu

• Tuvalu, Ellice Islands — a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii