Polynesia

English Etymology Borrowed from en fr Polynésie (coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756), from en grc πολύς many + grc νῆσος island.January 21, 2020 According to Moon Handbooks Tahiti, de Brosses first used the term to refer to all Pacific islands.en Can we find a better source? The present restricted use was established by Jules Dumont d'Urville J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville in 1832.Geoffery Clark Dumont d'Urville's Oceania https://www.jstor.org/stable/25169636 The Journal of Pacific History 38 2 Taylor & Francis September 2003 155-161 Pronunciation en /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Polynesia.wav Southern England en /ˌpɑləˈniʒə/ US en iːʒə 4 Proper noun en Q35942en A <<continental region>> of <<cont/Oceania>>, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them. Holonyms en Austronesia en Oceania Coordinate terms en Melanesia en Micronesia Derived terms en Polynesid Related terms en Polynesian Translations part of Oceania Afrikaans: af Polinesië Albanian: sq Polinezi f, sq Polinezia f definite Amharic: am ፖሊኔዥያ Arabic: ar بُولِينِزِيَا f Armenian: hy Պոլինեզիա Azerbaijani: az Polineziya Belarusian: be Паліне́зія f, be Палінэ́зія f Bengali: bn পলিনেশিয়া Bulgarian: bg Полине́зия f Burmese: my ပိုလီနီးရှား Catalan: ca Polinèsia f Cherokee: chr ᏆᎵᏂᏏᎠ qualinisia Chinese: Cantonese: yue 波利尼西亞 bo1 lei6 nei4 sai1 aa3 Mandarin: cmn 波利尼西亞 Bōlìníxīyà, cmn 玻里尼西亞 Bōlǐníxīyà Taiwan Czech: cs Polynésie f Danish: da Polynesien n Dutch: nl Polynesië n Esperanto: eo Polinezio Estonian: et Polüneesia Farefare: gur Polinesia Finnish: fi Polynesia French: fr Polynésie f Galician: gl Polinesia Georgian: ka პოლინეზია German: de Polynesien n Greek: el Πολυνησία f Hawaiian: haw Polenekia Hebrew: he פּוֹלִינֶזְיָה f polinézya Hindi: hi पॉलिनेशिया m Hungarian: hu Polinézia Icelandic: is Pólýnesía Indonesian: id Polinesia Irish: ga Polainéis f An Pholainéis Italian: it Polinesia f Japanese: ja ポリネシア Porineshia Kazakh: kk Полинезия Khmer: km ប៉ូលីណេស៊ី Korean: ko ^폴리네시아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Polînezya Kyrgyz: ky Полинезия Lao: lo ໂປລີເນຊີ Latvian: lv Polinēzija f Lithuanian: lt Polinezija f Macedonian: mk Полинезија f Malay: ms Polinesia Māori: mi Poronihia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Полинези Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Polynesia Nynorsk: nn Polynesia Persian: fa پلی‌نزی poli-nezi, fa پلینزی polinezi Polish: pl Polinezja f Portuguese: pt Polinésia f Romanian: ro Polinezia f Russian: ru Полине́зия f Polinɛ́zija Samoan: sm Polenisia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Полѝне̄зија f Latin: sh Polìnēzija f Sinhalese: si පොලිනීසියාව Slovak: sk Polynézia f Slovene: sl Polinezija f Spanish: es Polinesia Swedish: sv Polynesien n Tagalog: tl Dampuluan, tl Polynesia Tahitian: ty Pōrīnetia Tajik: tg Полинезия Tamil: ta பொலினீசியா Tatar: tt Полинезия Thai: th พอลินีเชีย Turkish: tr Polinezya Turkmen: tk Polineziýa Ukrainian: uk Поліне́зія f Urdu: ur پولینیشیا m polīneśiyā Uyghur: ug پولىنېزىيە Uzbek: uz Polineziya Vietnamese: vi Pô-li-nê-di, vi Đa Đảo (vi 多島) Volapük: vo Möda-Seanuäns Welsh: cy Polynesia Yiddish: yi פּאָלינעזיע n References en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Finnish Etymology From fi fr Polynésie. Pronunciation poly-ne(:)sia Proper noun fi Polynesia Q35942 Declension sg Polynesi a Derived terms fi polynesialainen Latin la: Proper noun Polynēsia<1.loc> la New Latin la Polynesia Q35942 Declension Polynēsia<1.loc> Norwegian Bokmål nb: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Polynesia Q35942 Derived terms nb Fransk Polynesia nb polynesier nb polynesisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Polynesia Q35942 Derived terms nn Fransk Polynesia nn polynesiar nn polynesisk