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Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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Alcyonacea
Alcyonacea, or soft corals, is an order of corals which do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Arecaceae
The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae).
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Australian magpie
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea.
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Avengers of the Reef
Avengers of the Reef is a 1973 Australian children's film.
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Azure-crested flycatcher
The azure-crested flycatcher or blue-crested flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla) is a species of bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.
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Balaka seemannii
Balaka seemannii is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family that is endemic to Fiji; growing in mixed forests on Vanua Levu and Taveuni islands.
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Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea.
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Cabinet of Fiji
Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.
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Cakaudrove Province
Cakaudrove is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the south-eastern third of the island and including the nearby islands of Taveuni, Rabi, Kioa, and numerous other islands in the Vanua Levu Group.
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Capital city
A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.
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Cattle
Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.
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Coffee
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant.
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Collared lory
The collared lory (Phigys solitarius) is a monotypic species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, and it is the only species in the genus Phigys.
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Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, the root vegetables most commonly known as taro.
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Copra
Copra is the dried meat or kernel of the coconut, which is the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera).
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Cornufer vitianus
Platymantis vitianus (common names: Fiji ground frog, Viti wrinkled ground Frog) is a species of frog in the Ceratobatrachidae family.
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Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
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Cyclone Ami
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ami (RSMC Nadi designation: 05F, JTWC designation: 10P) was one of the worst cyclones to affect Fiji.
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Cyclone Gene
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene was the deadliest storm as well as the most damaging tropical cyclone of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season east of 160ºE.
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Cyclone Tomas
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tomas was the most intense tropical cyclone to strike Fiji since Cyclone Bebe in 1972.
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Dialect
The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
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Enele Maʻafu
ʻEnele Maʻafuʻotuʻitonga, commonly known as Maʻafu, (circa 1816 — 6 February 1881) was a Pacific islander who held important titles in two countries in the Pacific.
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Fief
A fief (feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or "in fee") in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.
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Fiji
Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.
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Fiji banded iguana
The Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) is an arboreal species of lizard endemic to some of the southeastern Fijian islands.
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Fiji goshawk
The Fiji goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Fiji white-eye
The Fiji white-eye (Zosterops explorator) is a species of passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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Fijian general election, 1999
General elections were held in Fiji between 8 and 15 May 1999.
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Fijian language
Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language.
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Fijian monkey-faced bat
The Fijian monkey-faced bat or Fijian flying fox (Mirimiri acrodonta) is a megabat endemic to Fiji.
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Fijians
Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.
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First Lady
First Lady is an unofficial title used for the wife of a non-monarchical head of state or chief executive.
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Foothills
Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area.
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Geographic information system
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.
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Glottal stop
The glottal stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis.
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Governor-General of Fiji
Fiji became a British Crown Colony in 1874, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth in 1970.
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Green iguana
The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana.
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Highland
Highlands or uplands are any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau.
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Humpback whale
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.
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Indians in Fiji
Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Inoke Kubuabola
Ratu Inoke Kubuabola (born 1948) is a Fijian politician and Cabinet Minister.
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Isikeli Vuruna
Isikeli Vuruna (born 27 January 1988 at Taveuni, Fiji) is a Fijian Rugby Union footballer.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jone Kubuabola
Ratu Jone Yavala Kubuabola was Fiji's Minister for Finance, a position he held starting from 2000 to 2006.
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Josefa Iloilo
Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, CF, MBE, MSD, KStJ (29 December 1920 – 6 February 2011) as the 2nd President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009, excluding a brief period from 5 December 2006 until 4 January 2007 (see below).
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Kanacea
Kanacea (pronounced) is a volcanic island with seven peaks in Fiji's Lau archipelago.
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Kava
Kava or kava kava or Piper methysticum (Latin "pepper" and Latinized Greek "intoxicating") is a crop of the Pacific Islands.
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Kavu Iloilo
Adi Salaseini Kavunono (born 12 May 1923) was the First Lady of Fiji.
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Korea
Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.
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Koro Sea
The Koro Sea or Sea of Koro is a sea in the Pacific Ocean between Viti Levu island, Fiji to the west and the Lau Islands to the east, surrounded by the islands of the Fijian archipelago.
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Lau Islands
The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea.
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Lava
Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.
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List of Empire ships (M)
The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government.
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List of volcanoes in Fiji
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Fiji.
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Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
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Maroon shining parrot
The maroon shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) or red shining-parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
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Matagi Island
Matagi (pronounced), sometimes written Matangi, is an island the Vanua Levu Group in northern Fiji, situated 16°44 South 179° West.
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Medinilla waterhousei
Medinilla waterhousei, commonly known as tagimaucia or tagimoucia (tahng-ee-mow-theea), is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae which is endemic to highland rainforest of the Fijian island of Taveuni.
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Melanesia
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from New Guinea island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.
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Mongoose
Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of the 34 species in the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae, which are small feliform carnivorans native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa.
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Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems refers to any ecosystem found in mountains.
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Mount Uluigalau
Mount Uluigalau is the highest mountain on the island of Taveuni in Fiji.
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Naiqama Lalabalavu
Ratu Naiqama Tawake Lalabalavu (born 23 December 1953) is a Fijian Paramount Chief and politician.
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Northern Division, Fiji
The Northern Division is one of four Divisions into which Fiji's fourteen Provinces are grouped for local government purposes.
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Orange fruit dove
The orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor), also known as flame dove, is a small, approximately long, short-tailed fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.
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Orographic lift
Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
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Pelagic zone
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean, and can be further divided into regions by depth.
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Penaia Ganilau
Ratu Sir Penaia Kanatabatu Ganilau (28 July 1918 – 15 December 1993) was the first President of Fiji, serving from 8 December 1987 until his death in 1993.
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Platymantis vitiensis
Platymantis vitiensis (common names: Fiji tree frog, Levuka wrinkled ground frog) is a species of frog in the Ceratobatrachidae family.
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Poultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers.
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President of Fiji
The President of the Republic of Fiji is the head of state of Fiji.
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Qamea
Qamea (pronounced) is one of three islets lying to the east of Thurston Point on the island of Taveuni, Fiji, the others being Matagi and Laucala.
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Rainbow Reef
The Rainbow Reef is a reef in the Somosomo Strait between the Fijian islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu.
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Ratu
Ratu (raatuu) is an Austronesian title used by Fijians of chiefly rank.
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Red-throated lorikeet
The red-throated lorikeet (Charmosyna amabilis) is a critically endangered lorikeet endemic to Fiji.
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Reef
A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.
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Reserve Bank of Fiji
The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji.
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Return to the Blue Lagoon
Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 American romance and adventure film starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause, produced and directed by William A. Graham.
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Rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Salmonella
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
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Sheep
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
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Shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.
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Sitiveni Rabuka
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, MSD, OStJ, (born 13 September 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.
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Somosomo
Somosomo is a chiefly village in Taveuni, which is the island where the International Date Line crosses on land in Fiji.
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Somosomo Creek
Somosomo Creek is a river of Taveuni, Fiji.
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Somosomo Strait
The Somosomo Strait is the strait that separates Taveuni island and Vanua Levu in Fiji.
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Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated politics in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999.
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Storm surge
A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.
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Taveuni beetle
The Taveuni beetle (Xixuthrus terribilis) is known from the island of Taveuni in the Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 14 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or mandibles.
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Taveuni F.C.
Taveuni F.C. is a Fijian football team playing in the second division of the Fiji Football Association competitions.
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Tavoro Creek
Tavoro Creek is a river of Taveuni, Fiji.
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Tevita Momoedonu
Ratu Tevita Momoedonu is a Fijian chief and has served as the fifth Prime Minister of Fiji twice – each time extremely briefly.
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Tokyo
, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.
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Tonga
Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited.
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Tongan language
Tongan (lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
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Tovata
Tovata is one of three confederacies comprising the Fijian House of Chiefs, to which all of Fiji's chiefs belong.
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Trade winds
The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth's atmosphere, in the lower section of the troposphere near the Earth's equator.
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Tui Cakau
The Tui Cakau is the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province in Fiji.
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Vanilla
Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia).
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Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu (pronounced), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji.
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Vanua Levu Group
The Vanua Levu Group is an archipelago in northern Fiji.
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Viti Levu
Viti Levu (pronounced) is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, the site of the nation's capital, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.
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Volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.
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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.
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Waibula River
Waimbula River (Taveuni) is a river of Taveuni, Fiji.
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Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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180th meridian
The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taveuni
