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Pasifika

/pəˈsɪfɪkə/

Pasifika noun: a Pacific Islander.

Noun

Pasifika (plural Pasifikas or Pasifika)

  1. (New Zealand) A Pacific Islander.
    • My political stance as a Pasifika poet has always been one of inclusion – I'm a bridge not a wall.2018, The Guardian, "Post-colonial talk back: seeing London in the South Seas", Selina Tusitala Marsh, 24 February 2018 (Selina Tusitala Marsh is a poet-scholar and New Zealand Poet Laureate for...

Forms of Pasifika

pluralPasifikas
pluralPasifika

Origin of Pasifika

From English Pacific, changed to use Samoan orthography.

Phrases with Pasifika

Questions about Pasifika

What does Pasifika mean?
Pasifika means a Pacific Islander.
What part of speech is Pasifika?
Pasifika is a noun.
How do you pronounce Pasifika?
Pasifika is pronounced /pəˈsɪfɪkə/.
What is the plural of Pasifika?
The plural of Pasifika is Pasifikas.

Words near Pasifika in the dictionary

  1. Pashtunistanis
  2. Pashtunists
  3. Pashtuns
  4. Pashtunwali
  5. pashy
  6. Pasifika
  7. Pasifikas
  8. Pasig
  9. pasigraphic
  10. pasigraphical
  11. pasigraphies

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