Palagi

/ˈpɐ̞ːlɐ̞ŋi/ · noun

Meaning

(Western Polynesia, New Zealand) A white person; a Caucasian..

Example Sentences

‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.

Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."

After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

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• palagis
• palagi

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