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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Polynésie, coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, many) + νῆσος (nêsos, island).[1] 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.[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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Polynesia

  1. A region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.

Holonyms

Coordinate terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Polynesia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved January 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Geoffery Clark (2003 September) “Dumont d'Urville's Oceania”, in The Journal of Pacific History[1], volume 38, number 2, Taylor & Francis, pages 155-161

Finnish

Etymology

From French Polynésie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolyˌne(ː)siɑ/, [ˈpo̞lyˌne̞(ː)s̠iɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -esiɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Poly‧nesia

Proper noun

Polynesia

  1. Polynesia (a region of Oceania)

Declension

Inflection of Polynesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Polynesia
genitive Polynesian
partitive Polynesiaa
illative Polynesiaan
singular plural
nominative Polynesia
accusative nom. Polynesia
gen. Polynesian
genitive Polynesian
partitive Polynesiaa
inessive Polynesiassa
elative Polynesiasta
illative Polynesiaan
adessive Polynesialla
ablative Polynesialta
allative Polynesialle
essive Polynesiana
translative Polynesiaksi
abessive Polynesiatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Polynesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Polynesiani
accusative nom. Polynesiani
gen. Polynesiani
genitive Polynesiani
partitive Polynesiaani
inessive Polynesiassani
elative Polynesiastani
illative Polynesiaani
adessive Polynesiallani
ablative Polynesialtani
allative Polynesialleni
essive Polynesianani
translative Polynesiakseni
abessive Polynesiattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Polynesiasi
accusative nom. Polynesiasi
gen. Polynesiasi
genitive Polynesiasi
partitive Polynesiaasi
inessive Polynesiassasi
elative Polynesiastasi
illative Polynesiaasi
adessive Polynesiallasi
ablative Polynesialtasi
allative Polynesiallesi
essive Polynesianasi
translative Polynesiaksesi
abessive Polynesiattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Polynesiamme
accusative nom. Polynesiamme
gen. Polynesiamme
genitive Polynesiamme
partitive Polynesiaamme
inessive Polynesiassamme
elative Polynesiastamme
illative Polynesiaamme
adessive Polynesiallamme
ablative Polynesialtamme
allative Polynesiallemme
essive Polynesianamme
translative Polynesiaksemme
abessive Polynesiattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Polynesianne
accusative nom. Polynesianne
gen. Polynesianne
genitive Polynesianne
partitive Polynesiaanne
inessive Polynesiassanne
elative Polynesiastanne
illative Polynesiaanne
adessive Polynesiallanne
ablative Polynesialtanne
allative Polynesiallenne
essive Polynesiananne
translative Polynesiaksenne
abessive Polynesiattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Polynesiansa
accusative nom. Polynesiansa
gen. Polynesiansa
genitive Polynesiansa
partitive Polynesiaansa
inessive Polynesiassaan
Polynesiassansa
elative Polynesiastaan
Polynesiastansa
illative Polynesiaansa
adessive Polynesiallaan
Polynesiallansa
ablative Polynesialtaan
Polynesialtansa
allative Polynesialleen
Polynesiallensa
essive Polynesianaan
Polynesianansa
translative Polynesiakseen
Polynesiaksensa
abessive Polynesiattaan
Polynesiattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Latin

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Proper noun

Polynēsia f sg (genitive Polynēsiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Polynesia (a region of Oceania)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Polynēsia
genitive Polynēsiae
dative Polynēsiae
accusative Polynēsiam
ablative Polynēsiā
vocative Polynēsia
locative Polynēsiae

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Polynesia

  1. Polynesia (a region of Oceania)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Polynesia

  1. Polynesia (a region of Oceania)

Derived terms