What does papalagi mean?
Papalagi means In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
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Papalagi means In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet those whom the Tongas called papalangi, or men from the sky, introduced into these islands a new language of politics, class and organisation.
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