Fiji

F4I1J8I1
UK/ˈfiːdʒiː/UK/fiːˈdʒiː/

proper noun

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

OriginTongan Fisi ← Proto-Polynesian *fiti →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Viti · alternative Feejee · alternative Fejee · alternative Feegee

  1. A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

    Going to Christmas island may take several days with a stop in Fiji on the way and on return.

    2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance^(https://web.archive.org/web/20190819052204/https://www.mfed.gov.ki/sites/default/files/2015%20Population%20Census%20Report%20Volume%201(final%20211016).pdf), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019, page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fiji islands

Origin

  1. Proto-Polynesian*fiti
  2. TonganFisi
  3. EnglishFiji

Borrowed from Tongan Fisi (historically pronounced with a palatal affricate, IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [ˈfit͡ʃi]), itself borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto‐Central Pacific *viti ‘east, sunrise’. The English spelling ‘Fiji’ was popularized by Captain James Cook’s phonetic transcription of the 18th‐century Tongan pronunciation.

More words from Tongan, Fijian

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Translations

Afrikaans Fidji
  • FidjiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Arabic فِيجِي
  • فِيجِي (fījī)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Bengali ফিজি
  • ফিজি (phiji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Bulgarian Фи́джи
  • Фи́джи (Fídži)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Catalan Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Chinese Mandarin 斐濟 /斐济
  • 斐濟 /斐济 (Fěijì)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Czech Fidži
  • FidžiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Danish Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Dutch Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Esperanto Fiĝio, Fiĝioj
  • FiĝioFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
  • FiĝiojFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Estonian Fidži
  • FidžiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Finnish Fidži
  • FidžiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
French Fidji
  • FidjiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
German Fidschi
  • FidschiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Greek Φίτζι
  • Φίτζι (Fítzi)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Hawaiian Pīkī
  • PīkīFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Hebrew פיג׳י
  • פיג׳י (fiji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Hindi फ़िजी, फिजी
  • फ़िजी (fijī)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
  • फिजी (phijī)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Hungarian Fidzsi-szigetek
  • Fidzsi-szigetekFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Icelandic Fídjieyjar
  • FídjieyjarFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Indonesian Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Irish Fidsí
  • FidsíFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Italian Figi
  • FigiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Japanese フィジー
  • フィジー (Fijī)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Korean 피지
  • 피지 (Piji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Latvian Fidži
  • FidžiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Lithuanian Fidžis
  • FidžisFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Māori Whītī
  • WhītīFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Norwegian Bokmål Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Persian فیجی
  • فیجی (fiji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Polish Fidżi
  • FidżiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Portuguese Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Romanian Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Russian Фи́джи
  • Фи́джи (Fídži)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Slovak Fidži
  • FidžiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Spanish Fiyi
  • FiyiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Swahili Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Swedish Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Tagalog Pidyi
  • PidyiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Tamil பிஜி, ஃபிஜி
  • பிஜி (piji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
  • ஃபிஜி (fiji)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Thai ฟีจี
  • ฟีจี (fii-jii)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Turkish Fiji
  • FijiFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Ukrainian Фі́джі
  • Фі́джі (Fídži)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Urdu فجی
  • فجی (fijī)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Vietnamese Phi-gi, Phi-di
  • Phi-giFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
  • Phi-diFiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands
Yiddish פֿידזשי
  • פֿידזשי (fidzhi)Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Fiji

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Cite this entry
APA

Fiji. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fiji

MLA

“Fiji.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fiji. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fiji,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fiji.

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