Polynesia
/pɒləˈniːzi.ə/US/ˌpɑləˈniʒə/
Polynesia proper noun: a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
Proper noun
Polynesia
- A continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
Polynesia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Polynesia in Hindi
- part of Oceania
- पॉलिनेशिया pŏlineśiyā
Polynesia in Tamil
- part of Oceania
- பொலினீசியா poliṉīciyā
Polynesia in Urdu
- part of Oceania
- پولینیشیا polīneśiyā
Polynesia in Bengali
- part of Oceania
- পলিনেশিয়া polineśiẏa
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- Polynesia in Sinhala
- පොලිනීසියාව polinīsiyāwa
- Polynesia in Tagalog
- Dampuluan, Polynesia
- Polynesia in Arabic
- بُولِينِزِيَا būlīniziyā
- Polynesia in Malay
- Polinesia
- Polynesia in Indonesian
- Polinesia
- Polynesia in Persian
- پلینزی poli-nezi
- Polynesia in Thai
- พอลินีเชีย pɔɔ-lí-nii-chiia
- Polynesia in Vietnamese
- Pô-li-nê-di, Đa Đảo
- Polynesia in Myanmar
- ပိုလီနီးရှား puilini:hra:
Origin of Polynesia
Borrowed from French Polynésie (coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756), from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). According to Moon Handbooks Tahiti, de Brosses first used the term to refer to all Pacific islands. The present restricted use was established by J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville in 1832.
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Questions about Polynesia
- What does Polynesia mean?
- Polynesia means a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
- What is Polynesia in Hindi?
- Polynesia in Hindi is पॉलिनेशिया (pŏlineśiyā). See Polynesia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Polynesia?
- Polynesia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Polynesia?
- Polynesia is pronounced /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Polynesia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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