Meaning of palagi | Babel Free
/ˈpʌːlʌŋi/Definitions
A white person; a Caucasian.
New-Zealand
Examples
“‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.”
“Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."”
“After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.