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Polynesia

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Polynesia"

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philippinesnoun	A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
polynesiannoun	A person from Polynesia.
fponoun	Initialism of fleet post office (mailing address for Navy and Marines, sometimes APO is substituted.)
polynesian trianglenoun	A region of the Pacific Ocean, settled by Polynesians, that is roughly triangular, extending from vertexes approximately at New Zealand, Easter Island, Hawaii. This is sometimes used to define the region of Polynesia.
oceanianoun	A continent or continental region composed of many island groups (principally divided as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia, located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.
south pacificnoun	The islands of Oceania
pacific islandsnoun	The islands in the Pacific Ocean, consisting of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
remote oceanianoun	(linguistics) The part of Oceania comprising Polynesia, Micronesia and island Melanesia southeast of the Solomon Islands, including islands such as Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
hawaiinoun	An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
south seanoun	A southern region of the Pacific Ocean that surrounds the archipelagoes of Polynesia and Melanesia.
melanesianoun	A continental region of Oceania, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
aotearoanoun	(chiefly New Zealand) New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context.
austral islandsnoun	The southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia.
australasianoun	Synonym of Oceania: a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
south sea islandsnoun	Polynesia.
big islandnoun	(informal) An island of Islands of Hawaii, Pacific, Hawaii, United States; The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for which the island chain and the state are named.
society islandsnoun	A group of islands in the South Pacific; part of French Polynesia.
micronesianoun	The Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region).
niuenoun	An island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Republic of Niue. Capital: Alofi.
fonoifua islandnoun	An island of 'Otu Mu'omu'a, Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania, Pacific Ocean.