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Fiji

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English

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Etymology

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Proto-Polynesian *fiti
Tongan Fisibor.
English Fiji

    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.

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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.

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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/).

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    Descendants

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    • → Japanese: フィジー (Fijī)
    • → Ulithian: Fiichi

    Translations

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    Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands

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    countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

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    Catalan

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

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    Fiji m

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

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    Danish

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

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    Fiji

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

    Dutch

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

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

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

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

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

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    Fiji f pl (plural only)

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

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    Romanian

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

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    Fiji m

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

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

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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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    countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

    References

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

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    Etymology

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

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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

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    countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkeleri (appendix)edit

    Turkmen

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    Other scripts
    Latin Fiji
    Cyrillic Фиджи
    Arabic فیجی

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

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    Fiji

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

    Uzbek

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

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

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    Fiji

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

    Yoruba

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    Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia yo
     
    Fíjì

    Borrowed from English Fiji.

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    Fíjì

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