polynesian
Collocations
5ADJ.
ancient, migrational, needed
VERB + POLYNESIAN
annexed, pureblooded
POLYNESIAN + NOUN
groups, hawaiian, island, maoris
PREP.
during, throughout
ADV.
preferably
Definitions
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
noun
A person from Polynesia.
He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 people between 1863 and 1904 (Horne, 2007, p. 2).
name
A language group spoken by these people.
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Synonyms
noun — the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagas
- malayo-polynesian
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Idioms & Phrases
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5He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
WiktionaryBlackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring
WiktionarySoon, the expanse of the galaxy became reminiscent of ancient Polynesian migrational waves throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Tatoeba · #1465076Many Pacific peoples immigrate to New Zealand, the home of the Polynesian Maoris.
Tatoeba · #4005430The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century.
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