Naosara ( pronunciation: ''NAH-OH-SARAH'') was a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

High Chief A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...

, an

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of Fijian

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. His title was ''

Tui Nayau ''Tu’i Nayau'' is the title held by the paramount chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated, ''Tu’i Nayau'' means "Lord of Nayau", an island north of Lakeba, the la ...

'' – " Lord of the island of

Nayau Nayau is an island of Fiji, a member of the Lau archipelago. Nearby cities: Suva; Nuku'Alofa; Coordinates: 17°58'39"S 179°3'13"W. Nayau, north of Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the pr ...

." He was also called Tuʻivanuakula II or Tuʻinaosara. '' Tu'i'' means "chief".

Biography

Naosara was a son of the

Lutunasobasoba Lutunasobasoba is considered to be one of the ancestors of the Fijian (iTaukei) people, along with Degei. According to one story, they originated near Lake Tanganyika and sailed to sea in the Kaunitoni and several other canoes. The Kaunitoni beca ...

, who is also known as Kubunavanua and was a brother of Degei II.''The Kalou-Vu (Ancestor-Gods) of the Fijians'',

Basil H. Thomson Sir Basil Home Thomson, (21 April 1861 – 26 March 1939) was a British colonial administrator and prison governor, who was head of Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation Department, CID during World War I. This gave him a key role in arres ...

, Vol. 24, 1895 (1895), pp.340-343 Naosara's mother was the High Chiefess Miranalesakula, whose parents are not known. A brother of Naosara was Chief Daunisai, and he also had a stepmother and at least one sister. Arms of Fiji

Naosara settled on

, because he was a mighty warrior that fought many battles saving Lau numerous times from being ceded to other neighbouring of the Pacific and it is was they installed him as Lord of Nayau and claiming it as his own and thus he can be assumed to be the first holder of the title

. He married a woman called Gelegeleavanua. Her title was '' Adi''. They eventually had two sons,

Buivaroro Buivaroro (pronunciation: buiβaroro was a Fijian High Chief and Lord of the island of Nayau. Biography Buivaroro was born on Nayau. His father was Naosara, son of Chief Lutunasobasoba of Moala Island, whilst Buivaroro’s mother was High ...

and Kalouyalewa, who upon reaching adulthood removed themselves to Lakeba. Buivaroro later returned to Nayau and succeeded to his father’s title. Kalouyalewa remained on Lakeba. Naosara also had a daughter, Chiefess Keletu. Grandsons of Naosara were Chiefs Qoma,''Yalo i Viti: Shades of Viti'' by Fergus Clunie. Page 173. Fiji Museum. Delaivugalei, and Tongatapu.

Sources

{{Reflist Fijian chiefs Tui Nayau