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polynesian
/ˌpɑˌlɪˈniʒən/
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What does polynesian mean?
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
noun
- A person from Polynesia.
proper noun
- A language group spoken by these people.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɑˌlɪˈniʒən/
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The Tahitians when first visited had advanced in many respects beyond the inhabitants of most of the other Polynesian islands.
In both the Caucasic element predominates, but more so in the Polynesian than in the Indonesian.
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The American and Polynesian legends represent that the catastrophe increased the length of the days.
The Maoris had the tabu; and had it on a Polynesian scale of comprehensiveness and elaboration.
He received us in a room that might have been in a house in a provincial town in France, and the one or two Polynesian curios had an odd look.