Dois

See also: dois

Mokilese

Etymology

From Japanese ドイツ (“Germany”), from Dutch Duits. Ultimately cognate to the German autonym Deutsch.

Proper noun

Dois

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Palauan

Etymology

From Japanese ドイツ (“Germany”), from Dutch Duits. Ultimately cognate to the German autonym Deutsch.

Proper noun

Dois

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
2. the German language

References

• Lewis S. Josephs, New Palauan-English Dictionary