Whītī

Maori

Etymology

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

Compare Maori rāwhiti (“east”) and Maori whiti (“to spring up”)

Proper noun

Whītī

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