Country Name Etymologies of Oceania

Can you name the country name etymologies of the countries in Oceania? The language of origin and the definition from that language will be provided

A (?) means that the etymology is uncertain

A [covered] means that the language contains the country name in it.

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Language	Definition	Answer
English	Name of a British Captain who discovered it	Marshall Islands
Bislama	Our land	Vanuatu
[Covered]	I go to the beach	Nauru
[Covered]	Eight islands	Tuvalu
[Covered]	Gilbert islands	Kiribati
Tongan	Look out	Fiji
New Latin	Southern Land	Australia

Language	Definition	Answer
Malay and Spanish	A certain type of hairstyle and the name of a number of countries in Africa	Papua New Guinea
Samoan	Southern	Tonga
[Covered]	Holy Center	Samoa
[Covered]	Indirect replies	Palau
Dutch	The province in the Netherlands with the same name	New Zealand
Greek	Small islands	Micronesia
Spanish	The land of a rich Biblical king	Solomon Islands