Pacific island nation Nauru officially changes name to ‘Naoero’
Summary
The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero to reflect its traditional identity. The change was made through a constitutional amendment without a national vote, and the government is updating international bodies about the new name.Key Facts
- Nauru’s parliament passed a constitutional amendment in May to change the country’s name to the Republic of Naoero.
- President David Adeang confirmed that a planned national referendum on the name change was canceled.
- The new name, Naoero, reflects the nation’s original traditional identity before European colonization.
- The short-form name is now “Naoero,” and citizens are called “dei-Naoero.”
- The old name, Nauru, came from European colonizers who could not pronounce the original name.
- Nauru is the world’s third-smallest country with about 12,000 people.
- The Nauruan language, dorerin Naoero, is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO.
- The government plans to add the Nauruan language to school curricula in the future.
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