Fiji
/ˈfiːdʒi
/
A country in the South Pacific consisting of a group of some 840 islands, of which about a hundred are inhabited; population 944,700 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), Fijian, Hindi; capital, Suva.
First visited by Abel Tasman in 1643, the Fiji Islands became a British Crown Colony in 1874 and an independent Commonwealth state in 1970. In 1987, following a coup, Fiji became a republic and withdrew from the Commonwealth, rejoining in 1997
Rhymes
- put it (or oneself) about
- put it there
- put lipstick on a pig
- putlock
- putlog
- putlog hole
- put money (or put one's money) on
- puto
- put-off
- put off the evil day (or hour)
- put-on
- put one over on
- put one's affairs in order
- put one's back into
- put one's best foot forward
- put oneself in another's place
- put one's face on
- put one's feet up
- put one's finger in the dyke
- put one's finger on something
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it (or put one's foot in one's mouth)
- put one's hand in one's pocket
- put one's hands together
- put one's hands up