Etymology

Rapa Nui

Today it means: The native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island. Full definition →

Rapa Nui Rapa Nui
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The story

  1. Rapa Nui · borrowed fromRapa Nui“big Rapa”
  2. English todayRapa Nui

From Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.