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Suva
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suva süvä šuva sůva
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en fj Suva, from fj suva mound, from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic und *supa.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsuːvə/
so͞o′väSu·va 745 1Suva 1849 3
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Suva.wav Southern England
en uːvə 2
Proper noun
en capital city c/Fiji.
en Suva is the capital of the Fiji Islands 1895 651 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Highways_of_Commerce/nkT62gBXgucC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=suva&pg=PA651&printsec=frontcover Government Printing Office Highways of Commerce United States, Bureau of Foreign Commerce
en A subsidy, at the rate of £ 1,800 per annum, is paid to the Fiji Shipping Company, Limited, in respect of a steamer service between Suva and Labasa via coastal ports 30 1924 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Colonial_Reports_Annual/eoxIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=suva&pg=RA16-PA30&printsec=frontcover Colonial Reports, Annual H.M. Stationery Office
en metonymy The Fijian government.
en 10 Suva's relations with Wellington and Canberra turned frosty New Zealand International Review 17 https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Zealand_International_Review/GHO5AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22suva%22+relations&dq=%22suva%22+relations&printsec=frontcover 1992
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_People_Have_Spoken/9f8YDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22suva%22+diplomatic&pg=PA239&printsec=frontcover The People Have Spoken the Bainimarama government's refusal to accept PNG High Commissioner Eafeare as the dean of Suva's diplomatic corps caused diplomatic tensions in late 2013 239 Alex Stewart 2016 ANU Press Stephanie Lawson, Steven Ratuva
en With the Vuvale Union and the Veitacini Treaty, Canberra and Suva chart a new course for regional security. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/from-partnership-to-union-australia-and-fiji-sign-2-new-security-agreements/ Grant Wyeth 2026 From Partnership to Union: Australia and Fiji Sign 2 New Security Agreements The Diplomat https://web.archive.org/web/20260822165905/https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/from-partnership-to-union-australia-and-fiji-sign-2-new-security-agreements/ 22 August 2026
en Australia can now count on Fiji as an ally as Anthony Albanese declares a diplomatic triumph in sealing two new major agreements with Suva. InDailySouthAustralia Australia and Fiji upgrade relationship with alliance https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/07/06/australia-and-fiji-upgrade-relationship-with-alliance 2026 Tess Ikonomou https://web.archive.org/web/20260713174827/https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/07/06/australia-and-fiji-upgrade-relationship-with-alliance 13 July 2026
Translations
capital of Fiji
Afrikaans: af Suva
Amharic: am ሱቫ
Arabic: ar سُوفَا f
Armenian: hy Սուվա
Asturian: ast Suva
Azerbaijani: az Suva
Belarusian: be Су́ва f
Bengali: bn সুভা
Bulgarian: bg Су́ва f
Burmese: my ဆူးဗားမြို့
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蘇瓦 Sūwǎ
Czech: cs Suva f
Danish: da Suva
Fiji Hindi: hif सुवा
Finnish: fi Suva
French: fr Suva f
Georgian: ka სუვა
German: de Suva n
Greek: el Σούβα f
Hebrew: he סובה f suva
Hindi: hi सुवा
Indonesian: id Suva
Japanese: ja スバ Suba
Kazakh: kk Сува
Khmer: km ស៊ូវ៉ា
Korean: ko ^수바
Kyrgyz: ky Сува
Macedonian: mk Су́ва f
Malay: ms Suva
Marathi: mr सुवा
Mongolian: mn Сува
Ossetian: os Сувӕ
Persian: fa سووا suvâ
Polish: pl Suva f
Portuguese: pt Suva f
Russian: ru Су́ва f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сува f
Latin: sh Suva f
Slovak: sk Suva f
Slovene: sl Suva f
Spanish: es Suva f
Tagalog: tl Suva
Tajik: tg Сува
Tamil: ta சுவா
Thai: th ซูวา
Tibetan: bo སུ་ཝ།
Tongan: to Suva
Turkish: tr Süva
Turkmen: tk Suwa
Ukrainian: uk Су́ва f
Urdu: ur سووا suvā
Uzbek: uz Suva
Vietnamese: vi Xu-va
References
Anagrams
en asuv UV-As UAVs AUVs UV As VUSA vaus Uvas Vasu
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af capital city c/Fiji Suva
Related terms
af Suvaan
af Suvaans
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f suvský
cs capital city c/Fiji Suva
Declension
f.sg
Fijian
fj:
Etymology
From fj suva mound, from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic und *supa.
Pronunciation
fj /ˈsuβa/
Proper noun
fj proper noun
fj capital city c/Fiji Suva
References
suva 241
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Suva.wav
Proper noun
f suwański
pl capital city c/Fiji Suva
Declension
<f.sg.given.acca.insę>
Derived terms
pl nouns suwańczyk suwanka
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from pt fj Suva, from fj suva mound, from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.
Proper noun
f
pt capital city c/Fiji Suva
Samoan
sm:
Etymology
Borrowed from sm fj Suva, from fj suva mound, from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.
Proper noun
sm proper noun
sm capital city c/Fiji
Spanish
Etymology
es fj Suva, from fj suva mound, from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es capital city c/Fiji Suva