Home › Words › P › papalagipapalagipapalagi means in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi.EtymologyFrom Samoan papālagi, Tongan papālagi. Compare palagi.nounIn Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi.e.g.“Yet those whom the Tongas called papalangi, or men from the sky, introduced into these islands a new language of politics, class and organisation.” — 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 53:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).