Polynesia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑləˈniʒə/
• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Proper noun

Polynesia

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

Holonyms

• Austronesia
• Oceania

Coordinate terms

• Indonesia
• Macaronesia
• Macronesia
• Meganesia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia

Derived terms

• Polynesid

Related terms

• Polynesian

Translations

part of Oceania

• Afrikaans: Polinesië
• Albanian: Polinezi f, Polinezia f (definite)
• Amharic: ፖሊኔዥያ (polinežya)
• Arabic: بُولِينِزِيَا f (būlīniziyā)
• Armenian: Պոլինեզիա (Polinezia)
• Azerbaijani: Polineziya
• Belarusian: Паліне́зія f (Palinjézija), Палінэ́зія f (Palinézija)
• Bengali: পলিনেশিয়া (bn) (polineśiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Полине́зия f (Polinézija)
• Burmese: ပိုလီနီးရှား (puilini:hra:)
• Catalan: Polinèsia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏆᎵᏂᏏᎠ (qualinisia)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波利尼西亞 / 波利尼西亚 (bo¹ lei⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³)

  Mandarin: 波利尼西亞 / 波利尼西亚 (zh) (Bōlìníxīyà), 玻里尼西亞 (zh) (Bōlǐníxīyà) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Polynésie (cs) f
• Danish: Polynesien n
• Dutch: Polynesië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Polinezio
• Estonian: Polüneesia
• Farefare: Polinesia
• Finnish: Polynesia (fi)
• French: Polynésie (fr) f
• Galician: Polinesia (gl)
• Georgian: პოლინეზია (ṗolinezia)
• German: Polynesien (de) n
• Greek: Πολυνησία (el) f (Polynisía)
• Hawaiian: Polenekia
• Hebrew: פּוֹלִינֶזְיָה f (polinézya)
• Hindi: पॉलिनेशिया m (pŏlineśiyā)
• Hungarian: Polinézia (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólýnesía
• Indonesian: Polinesia
• Irish: An Pholainéis f
• Italian: Polinesia (it) f
• Japanese: ポリネシア (ja) (Porineshia)
• Kazakh: Полинезия (kk) (Polıynezıya)
• Khmer: ប៉ូលីណេស៊ី (pouliineesii)
• Korean: 폴리네시아 (Pollinesia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Polînezya

• Kyrgyz: Полинезия (ky) (Polineziya)
• Lao: ໂປລີເນຊີ (pl nē sī)
• Latvian: Polinēzija f
• Lithuanian: Polinezija f
• Macedonian: Полинезија f (Polinezija)
• Malay: Polinesia
• Māori: Poronihia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Полинези (Polinezi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Polynesia

  Nynorsk: Polynesia

• Persian: پلی‌نزی (poli-nezi), پلینزی (fa) (polinezi)
• Polish: Polinezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Polinésia (pt) f
• Romanian: Polinezia f
• Russian: Полине́зия (ru) f (Polinɛ́zija)
• Samoan: Polenisia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Полѝне̄зија f

  Latin: Polìnēzija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: පොලිනීසියාව (polinīsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Polynézia f
• Slovene: Polinezija f
• Spanish: Polinesia
• Swedish: Polynesien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Dampuluan, Polynesia
• Tahitian: Pōrīnetia
• Tajik: Полинезия (Polineziya)
• Tamil: பொலினீசியா (poliṉīciyā)
• Tatar: Полинезия (Polineziyä)
• Thai: พอลินีเชีย (pɔɔ-lí-nii-chiia)
• Turkish: Polinezya (tr)
• Turkmen: Polineziýa
• Ukrainian: Поліне́зія f (Polinézija)
• Urdu: پولینیشیا m (polīneśiyā)
• Uyghur: پولىنېزىيە (polinëziye)
• Uzbek: Polineziya
• Vietnamese: Pô-li-nê-di, Đa Đảo (多島)
• Volapük: Möda-Seanuäns (vo)
• Welsh: Polynesia
• Yiddish: פּאָלינעזיע n (polinezye)

Finnish

Etymology

From French Polynésie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolyˌne(ː)siɑ/, [ˈpo̞lyˌne̞(ː)s̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -esiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Po‧ly‧ne‧si‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Poly‧nesia

Proper noun

Polynesia

1. Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)

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

• polynesialainen

Latin

Proper noun

Polynēsia f sg (genitive Polynēsiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)

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

Proper noun

Polynesia

1. Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)

Derived terms

• Fransk Polynesia
• polynesier
• polynesisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Polynesia

1. Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)

Derived terms

• Fransk Polynesia
• polynesiar
• polynesisk