Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui

See also: rapanui, Rapanui, rapa nui, and rapa-nui

English

Alternative forms

• Rapanui

Etymology

Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑpə ˈnui/

Proper noun

Rapa Nui

1. Easter Island.
2. 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 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

Noun

Rapa Nui (plural Rapa Nui)

1. The native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island.

Translations

person

Russian: рапануец m (rapanujec), пасхалец m (pasxalec), рапануйка f (rapanujka)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rapa Nui terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Rapa Nui, rap ⁠

Anagrams

• Raupian, unipara

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

Rapa + nui (“big”)

Proper noun

Rapa Nui

1. Easter Island
2. the Rapa Nui people
3. the Rapa Nui language