country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

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

Funafuti - capital of Tuvalu

Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, TT - a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986

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

archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water