Whītī

Māori

Etymology

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

Compare Māori rāwhiti (“east”) and Māori 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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