Our next stop is Fiji. So interesting to learn that the country’s name comes from a misunderstanding again. Just like Kiribati (Kiribass) was a mispronunciation of Gilberts. When Captain Cook arrived on these shores, he heard that it was called ‘Viti’. He pronounced that as ‘Fisi’. It was translated as Vita in Tongan and became known as ‘Fiji’ in English. Today the Fijian islands are referred to locally as Viti.