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Polynesian

adj, name, noun

Definitions

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.
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Polynesia + -an.

Etymology 2

From Polynesia + -an.

Etymology 3

From Polynesia + -an.

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