Polynesia

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɑləˈniʒə/ Rhymes: -iːʒə === Proper noun === Polynesia A continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them. ==== Holonyms ==== Austronesia Oceania ==== Coordinate terms ==== Melanesia Micronesia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Polynesian ==== Translations ==== === References === == Finnish == === Etymology === From French Polynésie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpolyˌne(ː)siɑ/, [ˈpo̞lyˌne̞(ː)s̠iɑ̝] Rhymes: -esiɑ Syllabification(key): Po‧ly‧ne‧si‧a Hyphenation(key): Poly‧nesia === Proper noun === Polynesia Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Proper noun === Polynēsia f sg (genitive Polynēsiae); first declension (New Latin) Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Polynesia Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them) ==== Derived terms ==== Fransk Polynesia polynesier polynesisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Polynesia Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them) ==== Derived terms ==== Fransk Polynesia polynesiar polynesisk