Definition of Tafaifa. Meaning of Tafaifa. Synonyms of Tafaifa

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Tafaifa. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Tafaifa and, of course, Tafaifa synonyms and on the right images related to the word Tafaifa.

Definition of Tafaifa

No result for Tafaifa. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Tafaifa from wikipedia

- 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...
- prominence in the post-Tongan occupation period and the establishment of the tafaʻifa system that dominated Samoan politics well into the 20th century. This...
- paramount status of Tafaʻifā ('one supported by four') on the western islands of Samoa. Contrary to po****r belief she was not the first Tafaʻifā, as these titles...
-    HH Malietoa Bob Ainuu Afamasaga is the heir to Samoa's Kingship or Tafaifa to glorify God's Holy Name and His Kingdom with its King Jesus Christ....
- jointly by the same person, made that person the tafaʻifa, or sovereign over all of Samoa. Two notable tafaʻifa holders were Nāfanua and Salamāsina, although...
- 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...
- and was appointed Tui Ātua, briefly ascending to the position of Tupu Tafaʻifa.: 55  His reign would only last a year until his death on 25 August 1870...
- "American Samoa Senate". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Fonoti Tafaifa Aufata". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Senate Members". American...