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Suva

American  
[soo-vah] / ˈsu vɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.


Suva British  
/ ˈsuːvə /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Fiji, on the SE coast of Viti Levu; popular tourist resort; University of the South Pacific (1968). Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The causes, Suva said, included concentration issues as workers' bodies struggled to adapt to extreme heat, and lack of sleep, again caused by the heat.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Suva, the capital of Fiji, is not on many tourists’ itineraries.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama pleaded not guilty in a Suva court last month on charges of abuse of office.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

In the late 1990s, a cancer cluster sprouted in Suva Elementary and Intermediate Schools in Bell Gardens that led to a legal settlement against a nearby chromer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

At the same time Ratu Lala’s two little children, Moe and Tersi, started off, in charge of Ratu Lala’s Tongan wife and other women, to be educated in Suva.

From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by Walker, H. Wilfrid

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