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   Rapa Nui

   /ˌrapə ˈnuːi/

   • 1. an island in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, west of Chile, famous for its large monolithic statues of human heads.

   noun

   • 1. a member of the aboriginal Polynesian people of the island of Rapa Nui.
   • 2. the Austronesian language of the Rapa Nui.

   Word Origin Rapa Nui: ‘large Rapa’, with reference to the island of Rapa, located in French Polynesia.

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