General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Tuvalu
- Official English country name: Tuvalu
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Tuvaluan
- Demonym(s): Tuvaluan
- Etymology: Name of Tuvalu
- ISO country codes: TV, TUV, 798
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TV
- Internet country code top-level domain: .tv
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