Phrase guide

Rapa Nui

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɹɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ/
  • US: /ˈɹɑpə ˈnui/

1

name

Meaning 1

Easter Island.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Easter Island.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pascuan, Pascuense

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cherokee: ᎳᏆᏄᏫ (laquanuwi) — language
  • Finnish: rapanui — language
  • Hawaiian: Ka piko o ka honua — language
  • Hawaiian: Lapa nui — language
  • Italian: Rapa Nui — language
  • Lao: ຣາພານຸ້ຍ (rā phā nui) — language
  • Polish: język rapanui — language
  • Portuguese: rapanui — language
  • Portuguese: pascoense — language
  • Rapa Nui: vananga rapa nui — language
  • Russian: рапануйский (rapanujskij) — language
  • Russian: рапануи (rapanui) — language
  • Russian: пасхальский (pasxalʹskij) — language
  • Spanish: rapanui — language
  • Spanish: pascuense — language
  • Swedish: rapa nui — language
  • Thai: ราปานูอี — language
  • Polish: rapanui — person
  • Russian: рапануец (rapanujec) — person
  • Russian: пасхалец (pasxalec) — person
  • Russian: рапануйка (rapanujka) — person