An island country in the Central Pacific (5)

I believe the answer is:

nauru

(Other definitions for nauru that I've seen before include "SW Pacific republic" , "Smallest Pacific state" , "Island country in Micronesia" , "[OCEANIA] location" , "little nation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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