Etymology

Fijian

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Today it means: A person from Fiji or of Fijian descent. Full definition →

English Fiji ← Tongan Fisi ← Proto-Polynesian *fiti
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*fiti
  2. TonganFisi
  3. EnglishFiji
  4. English todayFijian

From Fiji + -an.

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