English
Etymology
From Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑpə ˈnui/
Proper noun
Rapa Nui
- Easter Island.
- An Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Easter Island.
- Synonyms: Pascuan, Pascuense
Translations
language
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: rapanui (fi)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: Ka piko o ka honua, Lapa nui
- Italian: Rapa Nui f
- Lao: ຣາພານຸ້ຍ (rā phā nui)
- Portuguese: rapanui (pt) m, pascoense m
- Rapa Nui: vananga rapa nui
- Russian: рапануйский (ru) (rapanujskij), рапануи m (rapanui), пасхальский (pasxalʹskij)
- Spanish: rapanui (es) m, pascuense (es) m
- Swedish: rapa nui
- Thai: ราปานูอี
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Noun
Rapa Nui (plural Rapa Nui)
- The native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island.
Translations
person
- Russian: рапануец m (rapanujec), пасхалец m (pasxalec), рапануйка f (rapanujka)
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Rapa Nui terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Rapa Nui
Etymology
Rapa + nui (“big”)
Proper noun
Rapa Nui
- Easter Island
- the Rapa Nui people
- the Rapa Nui language