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papalagis

papalagis is the plural of papalagi.

Meaning of papalagi

Noun

papalagi (plural papalagis or papalagi)

  1. In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi.
    • Yet those whom the Tongas called papalangi, or men from the sky, introduced into these islands a new language of politics, class and organisation.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 53

Questions about papalagis

What is papalagis the plural of?
Papalagis is the plural of papalagi.

Words near papalagis in the dictionary

  1. papal infallibility
  2. Papal State
  3. Papal States
  4. papal supremacy
  5. papalagi
  6. papalagis
  7. Papaleo
  8. Papaleos
  9. papalise
  10. papalised
  11. papalises

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