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.

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