Definition of Tafaifa. Meaning of Tafaifa. Synonyms of Tafaifa

- Tafaʻifa is a historical Samoan title. It was the highest title of the Samoan aristocracy from the 16th to the 19th century. Between roughly the 10th century...
- the entirety of Samoa. The field of contention for the pāpā titles and tafaʻifa (the title used for a holder of all four titles) was confined to the leading...
- jointly by the same person, made that person the tafaʻifa, or paramount chief. Two notable tafaʻifa cases were Nāfanua and Salamāsina, although this title...
- "American Samoa Senate". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Fonoti Tafaifa Aufata". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Senate Members". American...
- Samoa and by August 1888 Tamasese was calling himself both Malietoa and Tafaʻifā. He gravely offended the Malietoa families because he did not in fact hold...
- established within the district of Atua in the 16th century when Fonoti Tupu Tafaʻifa ('King') when he was victorious in the preceding war with his siblings...
- prominence in the post-Tongan occupation period and the establishment of the tafaʻifa system that dominated Samoan politics well into the 20th century. This...
- Oceanic confederation. The order has seven grades. Malietoa Laupepa, King (Tafaʻifa) of Samoa.- Knight Grand Cross (7 January 1887). "The Royal Order of the...
- Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi eventually became Head of State in 2007 under his Tafaifa title Tui Atua and Tama-a-Aiga titles Tupua Tamasese. From 1982 to 2021...
- the malo (executive power). This was a political move, as claiming the Tafaʻifa was irrelevant to the substance of power and would only validate his defeated...