"Pasifika" meaning in All languages combined

See Pasifika on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈsɪfɪkə/ Forms: Pasifikas [plural], Pasifika [plural]
Etymology: From English Pacific, changed to use Samoan orthography. Etymology templates: {{m+|en|Pacific}} English Pacific Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Pasifika}} Pasifika (plural Pasifikas or Pasifika)
  1. (New Zealand) Pacific Islander. Tags: New-Zealand

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018, The Guardian, \"Post-colonial talk back: seeing London in the South Seas\", Selina Tusitala Marsh, 24 February 2018 (Selina Tusitala Marsh is a poet-scholar and New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2017–2019)",
          "text": "My political stance as a Pasifika poet has always been one of inclusion – I'm a bridge not a wall."
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