Pa·lau /pəˈlaʊ/
  Palau
       n 1: a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in
            association with the United States [syn: Republic of
            Palau, TT]
       2: a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the
          western central Pacific Ocean [syn: Palau Islands, Belau,
           Pelew]