Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island country of the southwest Pacific Ocean comprising about 320 islands. Populated by Melanesian and later Polynesian groups, the islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1874 and became independent in 1970. Suva, on the island of Viti Levu, is the capital.
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- proper noun A
country inOceania comprising over 300islands . Official name: Republic of the Fiji Islands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands
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We also think that people who love FIJI Water deserve to know everything we're doing for the environment and for the people of Fiji.
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LETTER FROM FIJI: A Call for America to Recognize Reforms yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'LETTER FROM FIJI: A Call for America to Recognize Reforms'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: This article introduces an estimate of reforms on-going in Fiji by a reformist insider who until recently was working to improve labor rights and relations in Kuwait.'
LETTER FROM FIJI: A Call for America to Recognize Reforms 2007
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THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF EASTERN MELANESIA (FIJI) (_concluded_) [Sidenote: Worship of ancestors in Fiji.]
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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FIJI BLOG: PDN reporter Amritha Alladi reports from Fiji
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FIJI BLOG: PDN reporter Amritha Alladi reports from Fiji
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Not everyone in Fiji is critical of the recent government moves.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: ‘The Media has been Muzzled’ 2009
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The media in Fiji is known to incite racial tension and portray one sided information.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: ‘The Media has been Muzzled’ 2009
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Basic moral values of disciplining oppressive dictators like Frank & Co. by simply returning his military henchmen back to their coconut trees in Fiji is soo simple, yet too hard for these wannabe experts at UN to figure out.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: Diplomatic maneuverings 2009
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Following the devaluation of the Fiji dollar by 20%, inflation or cost of living in Fiji is expected to rise given that the cost of imported food items and things will become more expensive due to the weakened Fiji dollar.
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FIJI SHUTS DOWN ACCESS TO ANTI-GOVERNMENT BLOGS The military in Fiji is moving to shut down access to anti-government weblogs after unsuccessful attempts to find those responsible for the sites.
May 14th, 2007 2007
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