Fiji Islands - a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coralFiji, Republic of Fiji - an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water |