Palagi

Palagi (, singular) or papalagi (plural) is a term in Samoan culture of uncertain etymology, sometimes used to describe foreigners.

In the Samoan language, the term is used to describe non-Samoans, usually white foreigners of European or American descent. It is both a noun (e.g. a palagi, or a European person) and an adjective (e.g. Palagi house, i.e. a non-traditional Samoan house). The word is a cognate in other Polynesian languages and has gained widespread use throughout much of western Polynesia, including in Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, and Fiji.