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pacific islander

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
paci-fic is-lander
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who resides in or originates from Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands or any other Pacific island.

Inflected Forms

Pacific Islanders (plural)

Derived Forms

AANHPI AAPI

Phrases

Pacific American Pacific Islander American

Synonyms

Islander Nesian Pasifika

Questions

What does pacific islander mean?
A person who resides in or originates from Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands or any other Pacific island.

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