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Fiji

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji

  2. A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.
    • 2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance‎[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2019, page 25:
      Going to Christmas island may take several days with a stop in Fiji on the way and on return.

Usage notes

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  • Because English speakers adapted both vowels as long, heavy IPA(key): /iː/ sounds, ‘Fiji’ acts as a spondee in that language. This causes stress fluctuation: speakers of North American English typically apply default first‐syllable noun stress (IPA(key): /ˈfiː.d͡ʒi/), which coincidentally preserves the rhythmic pattern of the indigenous etymons. Conversely, speakers in the UK and Australia typically apply final‐syllable stress, a common pattern for foreign place names ending in heavy vowels (IPA(key): /fiːˈd͡ʒiː/).

Holonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: フィジー (Fijī)

Translations

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Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands

See also

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countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji m

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji n

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji f pl (plural only)

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji m

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji n (genitive Fijis)

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
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See also

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countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

References

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  • “Fiji”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • Svensk MeSH

Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Declension

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Declension of Fiji
singular
nominative Fiji
accusative Fiji'yi
dative Fiji'ye
locative Fiji'de
ablative Fiji'den
genitive Fiji'nin
Possessive forms of Fiji
singular plural
benim (my) Fiji'm Fijilerim
Fiji'lerim
senin (your) Fiji'n Fijilerin
Fiji'lerin
onun (his/her/its) Fiji'si Fijileri
Fiji'leri
bizim (our) Fiji'miz Fijilerimiz
Fiji'lerimiz
sizin (your) Fiji'niz Fijileriniz
Fiji'leriniz
onların (their) Fiji'si
Fijileri
Fiji'leri 		Fijileri
Fiji'leri

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkeleri (appendix)edit

Turkmen

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Other scripts
Latin Fiji
Cyrillic Фиджи
Arabic فیجی

Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɸiˈd͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: Fi‧ji

Proper noun

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Fiji

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)

Yoruba

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Etymology

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Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia yo
Fíjì

Borrowed from English Fiji.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fíjì

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
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