A traditional Fijian dwelling, typically a simple oval-shaped house made of wood and thatch.
From Fijian 'bure,' a word from the indigenous Austronesian language family spoken in the Pacific Islands. The word entered English through colonial contact with Fiji.
Bure shows how colonialism spread architecture names—when British traders and settlers met Fijian people, they borrowed the word for their iconic homes, and now 'bure' appears in English dictionaries worldwide!
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