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...
- 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...
- "American Samoa Senate". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Fonoti Tafaifa Aufata". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 12, 2024. "Senate Members". American...
- 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...