Polynesian
noun. from Greek poly many + nēsos island
- A native or inhabitant of Polynesia, a triangular collection of more than a thousand central and western Pacific island groups, with the Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island/ Rapa Nui and New Zealand/ Aotearoa at its corners that usually excludes the vislands of Melanesia and Micronesia).
- The group of Austronesian languages spoken in the islands.
adjective.
- Of Polynesia, its people or their group of languages.
