adj, name, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person from Polynesia.

   "He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain."

2. 2
   the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific wordnet
3. 3
   a native or inhabitant of Polynesia wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A language group spoken by these people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

languagemalayo polynesianmalayo-polynesianpolynesid

Example

More examples

"Soon, the expanse of the galaxy became reminiscent of ancient Polynesian migrational waves throughout the Pacific Ocean."

Etymology

From Polynesia + -an.

Related phrases

Malayo-PolynesianPolynesian chestnutProto-Polynesian

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.