Palasisi

Palasisi

Palasisi

Place in French Guiana, France

Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.[2][1][3] The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil.[3]

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Name

Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French.[4] Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree".[2]

Geography

Palasisi lies about 700 m (2,300 ft) downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Duin 2009, pp. 138–139.
  2. [2]
    Fleury, Opoya & Aloïké 2016.
  3. [3]
    Gouin, Thomas (November 26, 2013). "Dossier : les Wayanas d'Antecume Pata". France Info. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. [4]
    Duin 2009, p. 466.

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