How do you use Rapa in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Rapa in a sentence
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Rapa meaning
The East Central Polynesian language of Rapa Iti, an island of French Polynesia.
Using Rapa
- The main meaning on this page is: The East Central Polynesian language of Rapa Iti, an island of French Polynesia.
- In the example corpus, rapa often appears in combinations such as: rapa nui, the rapa, and rapa.
Context around Rapa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rapa
- In this selection, "rapa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antonella, renamed, native, nui and iti stand out and add context to how "rapa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the rapa nui people and bigger than rapa iti. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rapa" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rapa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The easternmost island, Rapa Nui, was the last to be settled. (11 words)
In reality, however, Easter Island is more than four times bigger than Rapa Iti. (14 words)
In 2019, it was renamed “Rapa Nui-Easter Island” from its previous name of Easter Island. (16 words)
In a statement about the image's title, he explained that the phrase, in the native Rapa Nui language, represents a bridge between art, science the cultural importance of astronomy to the island's inhabitants. (35 words)
Later, around 1,000 to 700 years ago, people spread further east to the remaining islands, such as French Polynesia and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), north to Hawaii and south to Aotearoa (New Zealand). (34 words)
David A. Ward, 48, of North Road, North Yarmouth, was issued a summons on Main Street by Officer Amie Rapa on a charge of operating an unregistered motor vehicle for over 150 days. (33 words)
Example sentences (18)
In 2019, it was renamed “Rapa Nui-Easter Island” from its previous name of Easter Island.
In a statement about the image's title, he explained that the phrase, in the native Rapa Nui language, represents a bridge between art, science the cultural importance of astronomy to the island's inhabitants.
Later, around 1,000 to 700 years ago, people spread further east to the remaining islands, such as French Polynesia and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), north to Hawaii and south to Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Musical director Mark Gauci will be conducting the orchestra, while the choir director is Antonella Rapa.
He is developing “Nga Hinarere” (The Descendants), about the influence and impact experienced by the Rapa Nui following the arrival of a Norwegian expedition in 1956, led by explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
The artistic direction is by Mr. Jamie Camilleri and vocals will be under the direction of Antonella Rapa.
The easternmost island, Rapa Nui, was the last to be settled.
Their descendants, some 2,000 years later, invented the double-hulled canoe to travel even farther east, reaching places like Hawaii and Rapa Nui.
These statues are called “Moai,” and were created a long time ago by the indigenous people that inhabited the land named the Rapa Nui.
David A. Ward, 48, of North Road, North Yarmouth, was issued a summons on Main Street by Officer Amie Rapa on a charge of operating an unregistered motor vehicle for over 150 days.
Easter Island is known for its unique Moai monumental statues carved by the Rapa Nui people, believed to have arrived on the remote landmass in the southeastern in around the 12th century.
If accurate, it would join other recent theories that are drawing a revised picture of Rapa Nui’s civilization.
Heyerdahl and the professional archaeologists who traveled with him spent several months on Rapa Nui investigating several important archaeological sites.
However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources which severely weakened the Rapa Nui civilization.
In reality, however, Easter Island is more than four times bigger than Rapa Iti.
Islanders are referred to in Spanish as pascuense; however it is common to refer to members of the indigenous community as Rapa Nui.
Rapa Nui is now considered to have been settled in the narrower range of 700 to 1100 CE.
Tuff from Rano Raraku was used by the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island to make the vast majority of their famous moai statues.
Common combinations with rapa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: