vavalagi
التعريفات والمعاني
== Fijian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
vālagi
=== Etymology ===
From va- (short for vaka- (simulative prefix)) + lagi (“sky”), literally “like the sky”, referring to distant places beyond the horizon.
=== Noun ===
vāvālagi
overseas, abroad (foreign countries), especially European
Europe; European country
(by extension) foreign land, distant place
Synonym: vanua tani
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=== References ===
Gatty, Ronald (2009), “vavalagi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 296