FIJIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fijian mean? 

• FIJIAN (noun)
  The noun FIJIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Fiji

2. the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji

  Familiarity information: FIJIAN used as a noun is rare.

• FIJIAN (adjective)
  The adjective FIJIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: FIJIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIJIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Fiji

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Fijian" is a kind of...):

Polynesian (a native or inhabitant of Polynesia)

Holonyms ("Fijian" is a member of...):

Fiji; Republic of Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)

Derivation:

Fijian (of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Oceanic language spoken on Fiji

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Fijian" is a kind of...):

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic (an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Derivation:

Fijian (of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture)

• FIJIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Fijian folktales

Pertainym:

Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)

Derivation:

Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)

Fijian (the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji)

Fijian (a native or inhabitant of Fiji)

 Context examples 

The research was led by Mark Hay, a marine ecologist and Regents Professor at GT, who said There is a lot of argument now about whether local management can help in the face of global stresses — whether what a Fijian village does matters when people in London and Los Angeles burn fossil fuels to drive to work.

(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)