Fijian

F4I1J8I1A1N1
/fiːˈd͡ʒiːən//fɪˈd͡ʒiːən/

noun

A person from Fiji or of Fijian descent.

Similar
Fijian language
Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounFijian (plural Fijians)

plural Fijians · alternative Feejeean · alternative Fejeean

  1. A person from Fiji or of Fijian descent.
adjectiveFijian (not comparable)

alternative Feejeean · alternative Fejeean

  1. not comparablePertaining to Fiji, or its language or people.
    1 more example

    [S]he wore her brown hair flatly braided and coiled behind so as to expose the outline of her head in a daring manner at a time when public feeling required the meagreness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows, never surpassed by any great race except the Feejeean.

    1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter III, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, pages 37–38
proper noun

alternative Feejeean · alternative Fejeean

  1. an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken on Fiji. It has 650,000 speakers, including second language users.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Oceanic language spoken on Fiji

Similar
Fijian language
Broader
OceanicEastern Malayo-Polynesian
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

From Fiji + -an.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Fidjiaan, Fidjiaans
  • Fidjiaana person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • FidjiaansPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Fidjiaanslanguage
Bulgarian фиджийски
  • фиджийски (fidžijski)language
Catalan fijià, fijià
  • fijiàa person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijiàPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fijiàlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 斐濟語 /斐济语
  • 斐濟語 /斐济语 (Fěijìyǔ)language
Czech Fidžijec, fidžijský
  • Fidžijeca person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fidžijskýPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fidžijštinalanguage
Danish fijianer, fijiansk
  • fijianera person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijianskPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fijiansklanguage
Dutch Fijiër, Fijische
  • Fijiëra person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Fijischea person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • FijischPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Fijischlanguage
  • Fijiaanslanguage
Esperanto fiĝia lingvo
  • fiĝia lingvolanguage
Finnish fidžiläinen, fidžiläinen
  • fidžiläinena person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fidžiläinenPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fidžinkielinenPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fidžilanguage
French Fidjien, Fidjienne
  • Fidjiena person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Fidjiennea person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
German Fidschianer, Fidschianerin
  • Fidschianera person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Fidschianerina person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fidschianischPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Fidschilanguage
  • Fidschianischlanguage
Hawaiian Pīkī, Pīkī
  • Pīkīa person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • PīkīPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
Hungarian fidzsi, fidzsi
  • fidzsiPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fidzsilanguage
Icelandic fídjíska
  • fídjískalanguage
Irish Fidsíoch, Fidsíoch
  • Fidsíocha person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • FidsíochPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • FidsisePertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Fidsislanguage
Japanese フィジー語
  • フィジー語 (Fijī-go)language
Norwegian Bokmål fijianer, fijiansk
  • fijianera person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijianskPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fijiansklanguage
Polish Fidżyjczyk, fidżyjski
  • Fidżyjczyka person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fidżyjskiPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fidżyjskilanguage
Portuguese fijiano, fijiano
  • fijianoa person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijianoPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fijianolanguage
Romanian fijian, fijiană
  • fijiana person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijianăa person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fijianPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • fijianălanguage
Russian фиджиец, фиджийка
  • фиджиец (fidžijec)a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • фиджийка (fidžijka)a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • фиджийский (fidžijskij)Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • фиджийский (fidžijskij)language
Spanish fiyiano, fiyiano
  • fiyianoa person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • fiyianoPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
Swedish fijiansk
  • fijianskPertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
Ukrainian фіджі́йський, фіджійська
  • фіджі́йський (fidžíjsʹkyj)Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • фіджійська (fidžijsʹka)language

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Fijian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fijian

MLA

“Fijian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fijian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fijian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fijian.

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