Tuvalu is made up of nine atolls, a chain of volcanic islands stretching 560 kilometers through the Pacific. The nation voted for its independence in 1974 and adopted the name “ Tuvalu, ” which means “ eight standing together, ” as the smallest and most distant of the islands remained uninhabited until 1949 and was considered insignificant.
吐瓦魯共有 9 個環礁島，分布在綿延 560 公里的火山島鏈上，由於其中最小的島直到 1949 年才有人居住，因此 1974 年投票獨立時以「吐瓦魯」命名的意思是：「因神而聚攏的 8 座島嶼」。