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Definition of fale in English: falenoun ˈfɑːleɪ A Samoan house with open sides and a thatched roof. Example sentencesExamples - The majority live in modest huts, called fales, which are built on stone platforms, with mats covering the pebble floor and blinds that can be lowered for shelter.
- Visitors often stay in open Samoan beach houses called fale (pronounced FAH-lay) and adopt the laidback local lifestyle.
- My guide book said nearly all the houses (or fales, pronounced ‘fah-lays’) had traditional thatched roofs.
- In times of crisis - and Falealupo has had a few in recent years - matai gather in a particular fale tele or meeting house.
- In 1990, the tropical cyclone Ofa destroyed the roof of the market fale, which meant the end of this third and last central market experiment to date.
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