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Rapa Nui

American  
[rah-puh noo-ee] / ˈrɑ pə ˈnu i /

Rapa Nui British  
/ ˈrɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ /

noun

  1. the Polynesian name for Easter Island

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Elderly islanders told Routledge the legend of Rapa Nui: Long, long ago, the island had been fought over by two warring races, the Short Ears and their oppressors, the fearsome Long Ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Lipo said Rapa Nui is notorious for wild theories backed by zero evidence.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

Adding to the support for this theory are the roads of Rapa Nui.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

The museum has two moai statues which were taken from the Chilean territory of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in 1868.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

Five hundred miles beyond this focalpoint, its convict settlement long abandoned, was Easter Island, Rapa Nui, home of the great monoliths whose origin had ever been a puzzle.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward