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Polynesian [ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən -ʒɪən] adj (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to Polynesia, its people, or any of their languages n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of the people that inhabit Polynesia, generally of Caucasoid features with light skin and wavy hair 2. (Linguistics / Languages) a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family of languages, including Maori and Hawaiian and a number of other closely related languages of the S and central Pacific ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Polynesian [ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən] adj & n → polinesiano/a Polynesian [ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən] adj & n → polinesiano/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the Polynesian words used in this volume,--except in those cases where the spelling has been previously determined by others,--that form of orthography has been employed, which might be supposed most easily to convey their sound to a stranger. On the quarter-deck, the mates and harpooneers were dancing with the olive-hued girls who had eloped with them from the Polynesian Isles; while suspended in an ornamented boat, firmly secured aloft between the foremast and mainmast, three Long Island negroes, with glittering fiddle-bows of whale ivory, were presiding over the hilarious jig. With its jagged outline it is like a Monseratt of the Pacific, and you may imagine that there Polynesian knights guard with strange rites mysteries unholy for men to know. |
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