Look up Polynesian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polynesian is the adjectival form of Polynesia. It may refer to: Polynesians, an ethnic group Polynesian...

The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in common, including linguistic relations, cultural...

Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian...

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages...

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages...

Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific...

archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle) together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers. Polynesians speak languages that...

administered from French Polynesia until 2007. Hundreds of years after the Great Polynesian Migration, European explorers began traveling through the region, visiting...

The Polynesian Triangle is a region of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and New Zealand...

The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), or kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat...

The Polynesian Panther Party (PPP) was a social justice movement formed to target racial inequalities carried out against indigenous Māori and Pacific...

The Polynesian Society is a non-profit organisation based at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, dedicated to the scholarly study of the history,...

Disney's Polynesian Village Resort (formerly Disney's Polynesian Resort from 1985 to 2014) is a Disney-owned and operated resort located at the Walt Disney...

The Central Pacific languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian languages, are a branch of the Oceanic languages spoken in Fiji and Polynesia. Ross et al...

Southeast Asia, particularly the similarities between Malagasy, Malay, and Polynesian numerals, were recognized early in the colonial era by European authors...

Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award is given annually by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame to the most outstanding player of Polynesian descent...

Proto-Polynesian (abbreviated PPn) is the reconstructed proto-language from which all modern Polynesian languages descend. It is a descendant of the Proto-Oceanic...

The Polynesian Confederation was a hypothetical confederation planned mainly by the king of Hawaiʻi Kalākaua. The aim was to protect the Polynesian peoples...

The Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) languages form a proposed branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 700 languages (Blust...

share common traits in language, customs and society. The development of Polynesian culture is typically divided into four different historical eras: Exploration...

The Polynesian Dog refers to a few extinct varieties of domesticated dogs from the islands of Polynesia. These dogs were used for both companionship and...

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. The Māori are descended from East Polynesian settlers who arrived in New Zealand in...

400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest...

the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant...

Polynesian outliers are a number of culturally Polynesian societies that geographically lie outside the main region of Polynesian influence, known as...

Polynesian (March 8, 1942 – December 29, 1959) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was owned by Gertrude T. Widener, of the prominent Widener...

The Polynesian storm petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa) is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Nesofregetta...

Tuvalu (/tuːˈvɑːluː/ too-VAH-loo) is an archipelagic country in the Polynesian sub-region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii...

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers)...

The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. PVS was established to research...

Tapu is a Polynesian traditional concept denoting something holy or sacred, with "spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it involves rules and...

Tongans or Tongan people are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tonga, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Tongans represent more than 98%...

as "canoe plants", especially in the context of the migrations of the Polynesians. Domesticated animals and plants introduced during historic times are...

Polynesian multihull terminology, such as "ama", "aka" and "vaka" (or "waka"), are multihull terms that have been widely adopted beyond the South Pacific...

Polynesian Adventure Tours, Inc. (also known as PolyAd) is a tour and transportation company in Hawaii. PolyAd was founded in 1977 by Bob George and his...

500 years. Recent genetic studies have also suggested that some eastern Polynesian populations have admixture from coastal western South American peoples...

The Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) is an international governmental cooperation group bringing together four independent countries and eight self-governing...

Samoa Airways, formerly Polynesian Airlines, is the flag carrier of Samoa. The airline was founded in 1959 as "Polynesian Airlines", providing domestic...

Polynesian Spa is a developed geothermal spa facility in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. Local Māori acclaimed the therapeutic benefits of the water...

Nuclear Polynesian includes those languages comprising the Samoic and the Eastern Polynesian branches of the Polynesian group of Austronesian languages...

healers, often within the extended family by a family member. In many Polynesian cultures, it is believed that a person's errors (called hara or hala)...

The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a family-centered cultural tourist attraction and living museum in Laie on the northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii....

Maritime Polynesian Pidgin was a Polynesian-based pidgin that was the main contact language for European exploratory and whaling expeditions to the Pacific...

The Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) languages, also known as the Hesperonesian languages, are a paraphyletic grouping of Austronesian languages that includes...

The Tahitians (Tahitian: Māʼohi; French: Tahitiens) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of Tahiti and thirteen other Society Islands in French Polynesia...

The Polynesian Concept is an American production catamaran sailboat that was designed by Rudy Choy of C/S/K Catamarans, in conjunction with actor Buddy...

Turkish people, foreigners in general Originally used to refer to Native Polynesians. To some extent re-appropriated. Kano Philippines White Americans Usually...

Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the...

The Rotumans (Rotuman: Rotuạm; Fijian: Ro) are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Rotuma, an island group forming part of Fiji. The island itself is a...

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published in 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic...

The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that honors the greatest players, coaches, and contributors of Polynesian descent in the sport of...

origins also live in the US. Polynesian Americans are Americans of Polynesian descent. Large subcategories of Polynesian Americans include Native Hawaiians...

The Polynesian ground dove or Society Islands ground dove (Pampusana erythroptera) or Tutururu is a critically endangered species of bird in the family...

Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa (1956) 1821 – A statue of the Polynesian god A'a was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the...

rikishifatu.com Professional wrestling career Ring name(s) Alofa the Polynesian Prince Fatu Headshrinker Fatu Hustle Rikishi J.R. Smooth Junior Fatu Kishi...

New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island forming its corners. Traditional Polynesian music is largely an inseparable part of a broader performance art form...

seafarers. It was historically the main method of cooking among the Polynesians ideal to their tree and root crops thus made the established pottery...

Catherine Laga'aia. Inspired by Polynesian mythology, Moana is depicted as the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a Polynesian village, who is chosen by the...

There was widespread belief in ghosts in Polynesian culture, some of which persists today. After death, a person's ghost would normally travel to the sky...

(Acrocephalus percernis postremus), also called the Hatutu Polynesian warbler or the long-billed Polynesian warbler, is a subspecies of the northern Marquesan...

reconstructions have also been made, and include Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian. In the last three decades, linguists Malcolm Ross...

The Polynesian Resort Hotel is a water park resort located in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It was opened in 1989 and became the Wisconsin Dells's first...

has attained the largest population of Polynesians in the world, while Australia has the third largest Polynesian population (consisting entirely of immigrants)...

ethnic groups, classified linguistically as Austronesians speaking Malayo-Polynesian languages. The Austronesian population's origin is uncertain, but relatives...

ˈmaːɔɾi], 'the Māori language', also shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population...

maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiʻi was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesians who sailed from the Society...

performance-accurate waʻa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, it is best known...

The Polynesian starling (Aplonis tabuensis) is a species of starling of the family Sturnidae. It is found in the Samoan Islands, Fiji, Niue, Tonga, the...

"On the Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian, and Malayu-Polynesian Nations". The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. IV:...

750–1800 species, occurred during the human colonisation of Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian islands. Many bird populations are declining worldwide...

In Fijian mythology, Bulu (pronounced: Mbúlu) is a name for the 'world of spirits' (presumably the underworld). In the month called Vula-i-Ratumaibulu...

The Polynesian was a 4-8 page weekly newspaper published in Honolulu, that had two periods of publication: from June 6, 1840, to December 11, 1841, and...

The Mai-Kai is a Polynesian-themed restaurant and tiki bar in Oakland Park, Florida. It opened to the public on December 28, 1956, and is one of the few...

Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group. As Tahitian...

Virgin Samoa, formerly Polynesian Blue, was the flag carrier of Samoa. It was owned by Virgin Australia Holdings (49%), the Government of Samoa (49%) and...

in most Polynesian cultures. They often serve to mark the boundaries of sacred or significant sites. The word has cognates in other Polynesian languages...

Dwayne Johnson. Maui is loosely based on the mythological figure Māui in Polynesian mythology. He is characterized as a demigod, trickster and shapeshifter...

the addition of Polynesian ancestry into the mix of most Gilbertese people. These Samoans later brought strong features of Polynesian languages and culture...

Tarita Teriʻipaia (born 30 December 1941) is a retired actress of French Polynesian and Chinese descent who was in a relationship with actor Marlon Brando...

traditional Hawaiian practice of hoʻoponopono. The word is found in all Polynesian languages and always with the same basic meaning of "love, compassion...

The Kurī is an extinct breed of Polynesian Dog kept by Māori people. It was introduced to New Zealand by the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori during their...

(NFL). McMillan played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, earning Polynesian College Football Player of the Year honors in 2024. He was selected by...

Polynesian tree snail is a common name applied to a number of species of arboreal land snail. List from IUCN, accessed 18 April, 2012 This page is an index...

Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the Indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island. The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people...

French Polynesian American are Americans with French Polynesian ancestry. The number of French Polynesian Americans is unknown. In the 2020 US census 7...

later sold it to Peter Maivia, who renamed it Polynesian Pro Wrestling (sometimes referred to as Polynesian Championship Wrestling). The promotion came...

The Polynesian imperial pigeon or Society Islands pigeon (Ducula aurorae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia...

mainland (including its offshore Yami language) belong to the Malayo-Polynesian (sometimes called Extra-Formosan) branch. Most Austronesian languages...

Culture, Self and Adaptation: The Psychological Anthropology of Two Malayo-Polynesian Groups in Taiwan. Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica. ISBN 978-957-9046-78-7...

Fuemana. Styled as "the purveyors of Polynesian swing", the band released its first album New Urban Polynesian in 1994. The album was produced and arranged...

The franc is the currency of French Polynesia, part of the CFP franc since 1945 and issued by the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (IEOM) in Paris. It is...

the English name. The Cook Islands were first settled around AD 1000 by Polynesian people who are thought to have migrated from Tahiti, an island 1,154 kilometres...

inhabitants are primarily of Melanesian origin, with some mixture of Polynesians and Southeast Asians. Konishi & Nugent 2013, pp. 51–54 Macknight, Charles...

touchdowns. Lemon was an Under Armour All-American and an invitee to the Polynesian Bowl. He was ranked a five-star recruit and the 13th-best player nationally...

(ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐiʔi]) is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native...

Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Standard German 76 Indo-European Germanic French 76 Indo-European Romance Javanese 69 Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Iranian Persian...

The Polynesian Rugby Federation (French: Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby FPR) also known as Polynesian Rugby Federation-Tahiti (French: Fédération Polynésienne...

languages, some belonging to the Austroasiatic and others to the Malayo-Polynesian language families. In recent years, a number of sign languages have developed...

war, but others had less bellicose attitudes. During the 1200s, Malayo-Polynesians and Amerindians in Colombia made contact, thereby spreading Indigeous...

"On The Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian and Malay-Polynesian Nations". Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. IV: 119...

Niuean (/njuˈeɪən/; ko e vagahau Niuē) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most...

that is, the Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, or Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages apart from Polynesian and Micronesian. A typical classification...

retains the Proto-Polynesian syllable structure: (C)V(V(V)), with no closed syllables. The stress pattern differs from other Polynesian languages. The sound...

the Magic Kingdom, along with Disney's Contemporary Resort and Disney's Polynesian Resort, opened on October 1, 1971, with 10,400 visitors. A parade with...

Tahiti Division Fédérale eleven times. They are also the first French Polynesian team to have reached the final of the OFC Champions League, which they...

a Polynesian language spoken by about 550 people on Nuguria, Papua New Guinea. Nukuria is part of the Ellicean–Outlier subbranch of the Polynesian languages...

Pemena Malaysian Traditional Sabahan religions Philippine Dayawism Tagalog Polynesian Hawaiian Māori Sumbese Marapu Sundanese Wiwitan East Asian Chinese folk...

Cha siu bao (simplified Chinese: 叉烧包; traditional Chinese: 叉燒包; pinyin: chāshāo bāo; Jyutping: caa1 siu1 baau1; Cantonese Yale: chā sīu bāau; lit. 'barbecued...

Polynesian Fantasy is an album by The Out-Islanders released in 1961. The Out Islanders was a one-time combination of many of music industry's leading...

'ocean' in some Polynesian languages) may refer to: Moana (1926 film), a documentary Moana (2016 film), a Disney animated film about a Polynesian girl Moana...

Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture that flourished for four...

The Polynesian wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus) or the eastern wattled honeyeater, is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae...

from South America drifted and colonized Polynesia first, before actual Polynesian peoples. His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely...

2009 French Polynesian presidential election may refer to: February 2009 French Polynesian presidential election November 2009 French Polynesian presidential...

The Tahiti reed warbler (Acrocephalus caffer) is a songbird in the genus Acrocephalus. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Sylviidae)...

Australians, Papuans, and Austronesians (Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians). These indigenous peoples have a historical continuity with pre-colonial...

American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art. Influences...

Lia was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982 and managing it...

and his two-canoe (or one double-hulled canoe) colonising party were Polynesians from the now unknown land of Hiva (probably the Marquesas). They landed...

faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈfaʔa ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the...

until the mid-1980s. The umbrella term Pasifika, meaning "Pacific" in Polynesian languages, was first used by government agencies in New Zealand in the...

Nauruans (Nauru) Palauans (Palau), Pohnpeians (Pohnpei), and Yapese (Yap). Polynesians include the Māori people (New Zealand), Native Hawaiians (United States'...

Tokelauans are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tokelau, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, who share the Tokelauan Polynesian culture, history...

An unofficial referendum on whether to support the Free French or the Vichy régime was held in the French Oceanian islands of Moʼorea and Tahiti on 24...

Tuuvalu) is a Polynesian language of the Ellicean group native to Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such...

Islands. It is one of the smallest permanently inhabited Polynesian islands. It is one of the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia. The island lies about...

the Saint Bathans mammal. The Māori brought the kurī (Polynesian Dog) and kiore (Polynesian rat) in about 1250 CE, and Europeans from 1769 onwards brought...

The Central Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia. It includes the northern group...

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Austronesian language) departed to the east to become the forebears of the Polynesian people. The indigenous Melanesian populations are thus often classified...

A referendum on the new constitution of France was held in French Polynesia on 28 September 1958 as part of a wider referendum held across the French Union...

Oceania. Common names include Polynesian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot, East Indies arrowroot, pia, and seashore bat lily. Polynesian arrowroot is an ancient Austronesian...

Te lapa is a Polynesian term for an unexplained light phenomenon underneath, or on the surface of, the ocean. Te lapa has been loosely translated as "flashing...

Fijian (Na vosa vaka-Viti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language...

Megapodiidae, currently endemic to Tonga. The species is also known as the Polynesian megapode, and as the Niuafo'ou megapode after the island of Niuafo'ou...

The Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma), also known as the Pacific long-finned eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was first described...

the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu in Moriori; Wharekauri in Māori). They are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand mainland by at least about 1500 AD, and...

roughly 2,500 years ago by people who were a part of the Lapita culture, Polynesian settlers who gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity,...

dancing. Several Polynesians joined Cook's expeditions as ship guests. Tupaia advised Banks on Polynesian culture and explained Polynesian navigational methods...

1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. The...

J (1983). "Competition for resources: the role of pig and dog in the Polynesian agricultural economy". Journal de la Société des océanistes. 39 (77):...

in hopes of saving her people. The screenplay draws inspiration from Polynesian mythology. Moana premiered at the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in...

Christopher Harvard Jr. Bloomfield (born 19 July 1991)[citation needed] is a Polynesian-New Zealand actor. Bloomfield is known for his performance in Furiosa:...

Schizostachyum glaucifolium, common name Polynesian ʻohe, is a species of bamboo. This species is native to the South-Central Pacific, from the Marquesas...

and a gold and white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe rides on the wave pattern; the canoe has a crew of five represented...

including Taiwanese Aborigines, Islander Southeast Asians, Micronesians, Polynesians, and the Malagasy people. For the most part Austronesians used characteristic...

Tahitian and French Polynesian public and private governmental, commercial, industrial, and financial services, the hub of French Polynesian tourism and a commonly...

doi:10.1038/nature22968. hdl:2440/107043. PMID 28726833. Lowe DJ (2008). "Polynesian settlement of New Zealand and the impacts of volcanism on early Maori...

worldwide, and received mixed reviews from critics. Long ago, on the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti:...

been inherited from a Polynesian homeland (Hawaiki) and adapted and developed in the new setting. Alongside different Polynesian cultures having different...

used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesian New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zealander. It is not...

The history of the Māori people began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand in a series of ocean migrations in canoes, starting from the...

habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive...

from the Hawaiian word kanaka meaning “person, human being” (from Proto-Polynesian *taŋata). Towards the end of the 19th century, the word Kanaka was used...

subset of the sea-migrating Austronesian people, who may also include the Polynesian people and the hypothetical Australo-Melanesian or "Melanesian people"...

near Papeʻete. Tahiti was originally settled by Polynesians between 900 and 1100 CE. Those of Polynesian heritage still represent about 70% of the island's...

Harpa gracilis, common name the Polynesian harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails. The size...

The Polynesian triller (Lalage maculosa) is a passerine bird belonging to the triller genus Lalage in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. It has numerous...

based in Pīraʻe, Tahiti. Founded as the professional section of French Polynesian club AS Vénus, it commenced playing in the OFC Professional League (OFCPL)...

constellation in Polynesian culture which translates to "The Chief's Fishline". It refers to the fishhook of demi-god Māui. Polynesian mythology tells...

Polynesian is a customized 1950 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 built by Neil Emory and Clayton Jensen at Valley Custom Shop. It was built at the request of original...

Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity (demigod)...

based upon a romanticized conception of tropical cultures, most commonly Polynesian. Some bars also incorporate general nautical themes or retro elements...

1900s it has been accepted by archaeologists and anthropologists that Polynesians (who became the Māori) were the first ethnic group to settle in New Zealand...

studio. Set during the 1970s, the series focuses on the emergence of the Polynesian Panthers against the backdrop of the controversial dawn raids. The series...

refers to the cloud formations which are believed to have helped early Polynesian navigators find the country in Māori oral tradition. Beginning in the...

The music of French Polynesia came to the forefront of the world music scene in 1992, with the release of The Tahitian Choir's recordings of unaccompanied...

home matches at Stade Louis Ganivet. The club became the second French Polynesian team to have reached the final of the OFC Champions League, which they...

controversial, studies on two other classic areas of anthropological interest, on Polynesian societies, and on the Kwakiutl of North America. For him, the development...

Star-Bulletin. Handy, E. S. Craighill; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1958). The Polynesian Family System in Kaʻu, Hawaiʻi. University of Hawaiʻi Press. Retrieved...

languages) Indo-European Romance 252 18 269 Indonesian Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian 78 177 255 Urdu (excl. Hindi) Indo-European Indo-Aryan 78 168 246 Russian...

Futunan or Futunian is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna and nearby Alofi. The term East Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related...

and immediately before. Anita Smith compares the Polynesian Lapita period with the later Polynesian Plainware ceramic period in Polynesia: "There do not...

Emeritus Professor focusing on sociocultural anthropology, specifically on Polynesian societies in the Pacific Islands and Native North America. Feinberg completed...

culturally Polynesian societies which lie outside the main region of Polynesian influence, known as the Polynesian Triangle. There are seven Polynesian outliers...

are from other indigenous languages. Hawaii's name is derived from the Polynesian Hawaiian language. Of the remaining names, 22 are from European languages...

Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs is an 1855 collection of Māori mythology...

catamaran. No scholars in the Western world at this time believed that the Polynesians had boats capable of directed ocean voyages. Wharram believed otherwise...

Southeast Asia and Australasia, the species was spread across the Pacific by Polynesian sailors. It is now cultivated throughout the tropics and is widely naturalised...

Te tamari no atua (Polynesian for The Son of God) or The Birth is an 1896 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich...

The Oceania Athletics Championships is an athletics event organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) for the World Athletics (WA; formerly the...

1986, Cobain moved into an apartment, paying his rent by working at the Polynesian Resort, a themed resort on the Pacific coast at Ocean Shores, Washington...

historically consisted of people of Japanese, British, American, Hawaiian, and Polynesian origins, mostly mixed-race. Tokyo's gross regional product was 120.2 trillion...

over unfair working conditions for Pasifika workers. Rauhihi joined the Polynesian Panthers in 1971. In 1972, she held the portfolio for culture in the male-dominated...

Heresy of Tahiti, 1826–1841". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 71 (2). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 209–243. JSTOR 20703998. OCLC 490768066...

be a language family by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1896 and, besides Malayo-Polynesian, they are the only established large branch of Austronesian languages...

Zealand and now lives in Australia. He is best known as the founder of the Polynesian band Te Vaka, and for his collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the...

(French: Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean...

westwards, and some islands in Micronesia and Melanesia, the Polynesian outlier, speak Polynesian languages. These distributions show that the linguistic groupings...

Havaiʻi in Tahitian, Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian) is, in Polynesian folklore, the original home of the Polynesians, before dispersal across Polynesia. It also features...

Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. They are usually...

the aloha shirt, are often brilliantly colored with floral patterns of Polynesian motifs. In Hawaiʻi, muumuus are no longer as widely worn as an aloha shirt...

the ancestors of modern-day Malagasy, Micronesians, Melanesians, and Polynesians. Passage through the Indian Ocean aided the colonisation of Madagascar...

Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian Carolinean Outlier Polynesian Kapingamarangi Nukuoro Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian Central Northern...

Moriori, or ta rē Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori. It is spoken by the Moriori, the...

Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Cook Islands Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Cook Islands. Only 15–17% of Cook Islands Māori people live...

this time and reached a peak of skill not exceeded (except perhaps by Polynesian sailors) until 1730 when the invention of the chronometer enabled the...

Manu Farrarons (born 1967) is a French-born Polynesian tattoo artist. Farrarons' art is a mix of Polynesian styles and designs, mostly Tahitian and Marquesan...

regarded to be historically accurate, though the narrative about early Polynesian inhabitants is based more on folklore than anthropological and archaeological...

/ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers...

conducted under a reformed electoral system. In July 2007, Former French Polynesian President Gaston Tong Sang was heavily criticized by Gaston Flosse, former...

("The Eddie") is named in his honor. He was also a crew member on the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa, on which he died during an ill-fated journey...

website of the Assembly of French Polynesia (in French) Website of the Polynesian Presidency (in French) Territorial legislative framework of French Polynesia...

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. While often compared to the Marquesan...

is a mixture of British (specifically English, Manx and Scottish) and Polynesian (specifically Tahitian) cultures derived from the traditions of the settlers...

remarkable diversity given the island's size. The island was settled by Polynesians – possibly as early as 800 AD – but by the 1600s it had been abandoned...

The Idaʼan (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Idaʼan people on the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. The language has a...

Penrhyn is a Cook Islands Maori dialect belonging to the Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 200 people on Penrhyn Island and other islands...

taking the number; both said it was ok to wear the number. Raiola is of Polynesian descent. He is the son of former NFL player Dominic Raiola, who played...

Tiki culture origin. It was popularly served at Trader Vic's and other Polynesian restaurants in the 1950s and 1960s. Rumaki's ingredients and method of...

The Western Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia. It includes Tuvalu, the Phoenix...

976°S 147.625°W / -14.976; -147.625Tiputa is a village on the French Polynesian atoll of Rangiroa, in the Tuamotu archipelago. It is located on the northern...

The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (CMP) are a proposed branch in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The languages...

Célestine Hitiura Vaite (born 1966) is a French Polynesian writer. The daughter of a Tahitian mother and a French father, Vaite grew up in the commune...

housing and public works in Tong Sang's government. February 2009 French Polynesian presidential election "Gaston Tong Sang becomes Tahiti's president 3rd...

often represented through ceramic figurines, revered in home shrines. The Polynesian people developed a theology centered on numerous deities, with clusters...

Colts in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft. He was named the 2020 Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year. Tuimoloau was born on May 10...

Pemena Malaysian Traditional Sabahan religions Philippine Dayawism Tagalog Polynesian Hawaiian Māori Sumbese Marapu Sundanese Wiwitan East Asian Chinese folk...

flowering shrub in the family Heliotropiaceae. Its common names include Polynesian heliotrope, Pacific heliotrope, Scrub heliotrope and hinahina kū kahakai...

be preserved for future generations, Mau shared his knowledge with the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS). With Mau's help, PVS used experimental archaeology...

Paluʼe (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name Lu'a) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Paluʼe Island, Indonesia. Cawa, Paulus J.O. (2021)....

spoken by the Lun Bawangs in northern Borneo. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian family. Lun Bawang is mainly an oral language. There is very little printed...

In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero, demigod and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. He possessed...

Hawaiian poi dogs were descended from the Polynesian Dogs brought to the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesian people. Genetic studies on the New Zealand...

touchdowns. He was named the Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year. Iamaleava was also named the MVP of the Polynesian Bowl, throwing for 186 yards...

Nukumanu is a Polynesian language, spoken by about 700 people on Nukumanu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most endangered...

navigator and the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. He is the first native Hawaiian to practice traditional Polynesian navigational methods since...

85 The Anuta language (or Anutan, locally te taranga paka-Anuta) is a Polynesian Outlier language from the island of Anuta in the Solomon Islands. It is...

The Polynesian Cup is a rugby league football test match played between Samoa and Tonga first played in 2010. The matches in 2015, 2016 and 2018 were played...

Lycée Collège Pomare IV from 1968 to 1997 and taught subjects including Polynesian poetry at the University of French Polynesia from 1987 to 1995. From 1979...

Look up toi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toi or TOI may refer to: Toi Market, in Nairobi, Kenya Toi, Niue, a village in Niue Toi, Shizuoka (土肥町...

The 2013 Polynesian Cup was played between Samoa and Tonga. Tonga won the test match 36–4. Tonga's Samisoni Langi won the player of the match award, scoring...

grammatical aspects. Modal particles express linguistic modality. However, Polynesian languages, which are almost devoid of inflection, use particles extensively...

Hina is the name assigned to a number of Polynesian deities. The name Hina usually relates to a powerful female force (typically a goddess or queen) who...

pro-autonomist Nicole Sanquer of A here ia Porinetia. The 2018 French Polynesian legislative election saw the Tāpura Huiraʻatira party led by Édouard Fritch...

elsewhere, for example in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Danish, Estonian and the Polynesian languages. In many such languages, obstruents are realized as voiced in...

Polynesia. Its first congress was attended by 8,000 people, including 38 Polynesian mayors. Nicole Sanquer was the party's only Member of Parliament before...

become almost universal, French increasingly tends to displace the native Polynesian languages as the language most spoken at home. In French Polynesia, the...

Kambera, also known as East Sumbanese, is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the eastern half of Sumba Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia...

featured four stations: the Transportation and Ticket Center, Disney's Polynesian Resort, the Magic Kingdom and Disney's Contemporary Resort. The Epcot...

portmanteau for people of mixed European and either Melanesian, Micronesian, or Polynesian descent. The term is most commonly used in Samoa. British or French colonizers...

Montgomerie JZ (1988). "Leprosy in New Zealand". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 97 (2): 115–152. PMID 11617451. Archived from the original on...

Moken is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by inhabitants in southern Myanmar and Southern Thailand, who refer to themselves as Moken (people) and Mawken...

amongst Australian Aboriginal peoples, Polynesians, and Native Americans. For Aboriginal Australians and Polynesians, circumcision likely started as a blood...

with many resorts, hotels and motels. Rarotonga has been populated by a Polynesian people since late in the 1st millennium. Captain John Dibbs, master of...

formerly used to transcribe the Malagasy language (belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language family) and the Antemoro Malagasy dialect, dating from the 15th...

Minarii Chantal Galenon-Taupua (born 1956) is a French Polynesian teacher, women's rights activist, politician, and Cabinet Minister. She has been Vice-President...

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found...

Lole and Ba'a are a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Lole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

Rennell or Bellonese, is a Polynesian language (considered one of the Polynesian outliers, since it lies outside of the Polynesian Triangle) that is spoken...

Hiro is a given name with various origins. It is of Japanese, Polynesian, Indian, Pakistani and Spanish origin. It has multiple meanings depending on the...

or a woman. Cognates of the word aliʻi have a similar meaning in other Polynesian languages; in Māori it is ariki and in Tahitian ari'i. In ancient Hawaiian...

Kapingamarangi is a Polynesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia. It had 3,000 native speakers in 1995. The language is closely related...

Tahitian word meaning "scented oil". Monoï is widely used among French Polynesians as a skin and hair softener. Authentic Tahitian monoï oil follows a strict...

pronunciation: [mɔetaj bʁɔzɛʁsɔn]; born 22 October 1969) is a French Polynesian politician who has served as President of French Polynesia since 12 May...

stories of nature and life. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian narrative, developing its own unique character for several centuries before...

for French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (see French Polynesian franc, New Caledonian franc and New Hebrides franc). Wallis and Futuna...

than in other areas, due to relatively recent human settlement. Early Polynesian jewellery, which was made of bone, wood and other natural materials, has...

originating from Polynesian, North American and East Asian cuisines.[a] In the pre-contact period of Ancient Hawaii (300 AD–1778), Polynesian voyagers brought...

Kahana is a sans serif decorative typeface created in 2004, based on Polynesian text. It was created by the designer Teri Kahan while living in Hawaii...

Louise Kimitete (24 June 1939 - 25 March 2020) was a French Polynesian choreographer, dancer and teacher of Tahitian dance. Louise Kimitete was born in...

festival celebrating Polynesian culture held in Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded in Ōtara in 1976 and is now one of the largest Polynesian festivals in the...

The oceanic eclectus (Eclectus infectus) is an extinct parrot species which occurred on Tonga, Vanuatu and possibly on Fiji. Its closest living relative...

fruit doves, blue-crowned lorikeets, Polynesian wattled honeyeaters, Polynesian trillers, Fiji shrikebills and Polynesian starlings). Wikimedia Commons has...

recognized only Malagasy and French. The Malagasy language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and is generally spoken throughout the island. The numerous dialects...

than on nearby islands with no reefs. Mangareva was first settled by Polynesians in the first millennium CE. While carbon dating has so far only dated...

Polynesia: The Decline of the Ari'i". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 76 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 7–26. JSTOR 20704439. OCLC 6015277685....

Micronesians at least 3,000 years ago, and there is evidence of possible Polynesian influence. Comparatively little is known of Nauruan prehistory, although...

"Rae-Rae" to distinguish these more feminized Māhū from others. In French Polynesian culture, there are two distinct third-gender categories: Māhū and Rae-Rae...

spirits, and gods of the Polynesian islands that now make up the island nation of Tonga. It is a variant of other Polynesian mythologies with multiple...

and Zimbabwe) Tonga people (Malawi) Tongans, a Polynesian group Tongan language, or Tonga, a Polynesian language spoken in Tonga in the South Pacific Tonga...

contact phenomenon. He further listed a number of specifically Malayo-Polynesian features in the vocabulary shared by Tai-Kadai and Austronesian, concluding...

In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is a god of eels. In Hawaiian mythology he fights with Māui, who is having an affair with his wife Sina. Māui kills him,...

suggested that in some Polynesian areas, Ao may have been another name of Atea, Avatea, or Vatea. Tregear, Edward (1891). The Maori-Polynesian comparative dictionary...

Tongan descent. He earned invites to play in the All-American Bowl and the Polynesian Bowl. Lomu was rated as a four-star recruit and committed to play college...

aspects of the population. The population of Tuvalu is predominately of Polynesian ethnicity with approximately 5.6% of the population being Micronesian...

side parts (story may be partially or entirely Christianized). Tane, in Polynesian mythology, created the original woman from red clay. In Skaldskaparmal...

arrived from Polynesia in the 14th century AD. The Moriori were a group of Polynesians who left the New Zealand mainland for the Chatham Islands in 1500 AD...

of the world's myths and legends" (PDF). dl.lilibook.ir. "Handbook of Polynesian Mythology". academia.edu. "Roman Gods and Goddesses" (PDF). wetheredccn12...

(French pronunciation: [edwaʁ fʁitʃ]; born 4 January 1952) is a French Polynesian politician who served as President of French Polynesia from 2014 to 2023...

Poi or popoi is a traditional staple food in the Polynesian diet, made from taro. Traditional poi is produced by mashing cooked taro on a wooden pounding...

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. In December 2007 several human skulls with Polynesian features, such as a pentagonal shape when viewed from behind, were found...

ancient Polynesian road". Wondermondo. "History of the Cook Islands: Pre-European". www.ck. "History of Rarotonga & the Cook Islands: Polynesian settlement"...

This time line is introduced by the theories as to the origins of the Polynesian people and the migration across the Pacific Ocean to create Polynesia...

attractions today. Extravagant expenditures and Kalākaua's plans for a Polynesian confederation played into the hands of annexationists who were already...

Stella Taaroamea (born 1969 or 1970) is a French Polynesian journalist and broadcaster who is editor-in-chief of Polynésie la 1ère. Taaroamea was born...

Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath (18 October 1930 – 31 July 2022) was a French Polynesian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic...

Idalaka (Portuguese: Idalaca) is a Malayo-Polynesian dialect chain spoken Idalaka people in East Timor. The name is a portmanteau of Idaté and Lakalai...

the Bounty Mutineers. She took part in Ned Young's plot to murder male Polynesians who had travelled on HMS Bounty and killed Tetahiti. A tapa maker, examples...

The Kingdom of Tahiti or the Tahitian Kingdom was a Polynesian monarchy founded by paramount chief Pōmare I, who, with the aid of British missionaries...

people of Rēkohu Island. The novel is set before Western contact with Polynesians. Johnson was drawn to write a novel set in ancient Polynesia because...

The Polynesian Navigation Company (Société de Navigation Polynesiènne) (SNP) is a shipping company in French Polynesia which operates routes between Tahiti...

Inocarpus fagifer, commonly known as the Tahitian chestnut or Polynesian chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume...

Koʻo kapu. It is related to the concept of tapu or tabu found in other Polynesian cultures, from whence came the English word "taboo." The Hawaiian word...

pact. He was also the promoter of the National Wrestling Alliance member Polynesian Pro Wrestling in Hawaii. Maivia was born Fanene Pita Anderson in 1937...

Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is one of the five main Polynesian tattoo styles (the other four are Marquesan, Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian)...

Virgin Australia (known as Virgin Blue until early 2011) is an Australian airline, with headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. A number of hubs are located...

embarrassments in their previous lives. Lotus eating has been used to describe Polynesian paralysis. Moly – another plant mentioned in the Odyssey whose identity...

Century Tonga – Chapter 1: Captain Cook's view of Tonga". Journal of the Polynesian Society: 11–55. 15 March 2014. see writings of Ata of Kolovai in "O Tama...

Journal of the Polynesian Society, 72 (Supplement), pp. 1–68. Maude, H.E. (1964). Beachcombers and Castaways, Journal of the Polynesian Society, 73, pp...

suggesting an asymptomatic Zika virus infection during pregnancy. French Polynesian health authorities hypothesise that these abnormalities are associated...

Bilba (Belubaa) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Bilba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

suggest that the presence of sweet potato in Polynesia is evidence of Polynesian contact with South America. However, some genetic studies of traditional...

The New Woody Woodpecker Show (titled on-screen as The Woody Woodpecker Show) is an American animated comedy television series based on the animated short...

Flosse's Tahoera'a Huiraatira won 18 of 41 seats, and Alexandre Léontieff's Polynesian Union coalition won 14. The Aia Api party won five, and Tāvini Huiraʻatira...

Francis Ariioehau Sanford (11 May 1912 – 21 December 1996) was a French Polynesian politician. He served as a member of the French National Assembly from...

variety of the Maninka language spoken in Ivory Coast 'Oro, a god in Polynesian mythology Koro (literally, "grandfather"), a term of respect in the Māori...

main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture. Like other Pacific cultures...

In polytheistic religions and mythologies, a demigod or demigoddess is a being that is half-divine and half-human, born of a deity and a human, [better source needed]...

Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua 'Oro Polynesian mythology Ghosts in Polynesian culture R. D. Craig (1989). Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology. New York: Greenwood...

Pa’umotu or Paumotu (Tuamotuan: Reo Pa’umotu or Reko Pa’umotu) is a Polynesian language spoken by 4,000 people in the Tuamotu archipelago, with an additional...

the South Pacific, 110 (3), p. 296 Polynesian Society (N. Z.) (1961). The Journal of the Polynesian Society. Polynesian Society. p. 102. "Information Bulletin...

Tok Pisin (English: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ TOK PISS-in, /tɔːk, -zɪn/ tawk, -⁠zin; Tok Pisin: [tok pisin]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin...

socio-linguistic elements and other areas within the Moluccan culture, making Malayo-Polynesian languages dominating in most of the region, with the exception of some...

figures in Polynesian mythology such as Hina, Tinilau, Tagaloa and Nafanua. Sina is also the name of various female figures in Polynesian mythology. The...

The Kingdom of Samoa, or Samoan Kingdom, was a Polynesian monarchy that existed from 1873 to 1899 in Samoan Islands of Polynesia. The monarchy of Samoa...

School. As a senior in 2017, he played in the US Army All-American and Polynesian Bowls before committing to the University of Oregon to play college football...

of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori culture is a part of Eastern Polynesian culture and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. The culture...

letter turned comma: ʻ. A phonemic glottal stop exists in many other Polynesian languages as well; these are usually written by a similar apostrophe-like...

laulau, rourou. "Luu" (Proto-Polynesian) describes "taro leaves as food" with cognates: lū. "Luukau" (Nuclear Polynesian) describes "edible greens" with...

prison by the series' main antagonist, Henry Creel. Leutogi – mythological Polynesian bat goddess The Minyades – three sisters in Greek mythology who were turned...

origins have been studied in modern times through scientific research on Polynesian genetics, linguistics, and anthropology. However, while this research...

plantations in New Zealand in 1769. The form taro or talo is widespread among Polynesian languages: taro in Tahitian; talo in Samoan and Tongan; kalo in Hawaiian;...

university in Hefei, Anhui, China Ahu or a'u – the central stone of a Polynesian marae Ahu (Easter Island), stone platforms for moai Ahu, altars in heiau...

The Tahitian Terrace was a Polynesian-themed restaurant located in the Adventureland section of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, from 1962 to 1993. It...

supreme being in Polynesian native religion, particularly of the Māori people. Io does seem to be present in the mythologies of other Polynesian islands including...

in 1958 to compete against Hilton Hotel's Polynesian restaurants associated with Trader Vic's. This Polynesian-themed chain of restaurants were known for...

Hemiramphus depauperatus, commonly known as the Polynesian halfbeak (or “Demi-bec polynésian” in French and “IheIhe” in Native Hawaiian) is a species of...

Its main town is Ahuréi. The inhabitants of Rapa Iti speak their own Polynesian language called the Rapa language. Rapa Iti is located at 27°35′00″S 144°20′00″W...

expertise in the history and the social and cultural anthropology of surfing, Polynesian navigation, and canoe sailing, as well as in the cultural and social anthropology...

The president of French Polynesia (French: Président de la Polynésie française; Tahitian: Peretīteni o te Porīnetia Farāni) is the head of government of...

also resulted in Menjara changing into a woman or androgynous being. Polynesian religions feature a complex pantheon of deities. Many of these gods refer...

Southern U.S. meat-and-three or Japanese bento box. The combination of Polynesian, North American and East Asian cuisine arose naturally in Hawaii, and...

visited it in 1774 and named it Santo Domingo. It is likely that Teraura, a Polynesian woman who accompanied the Bounty mutineers to Pitcairn Island, was from...

Tiki Gardens was a South Seas Polynesian theme park in Indian Shores, Florida. The park, which opened in 1964, was closed in the 1980s and sold by the...

Indonesian: Bahasa Sumbawa [baˈha.sa sʊmˈbawa]) or Sumbawan is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the western half of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, which it shares...

lived across the island of Luzon, where Manila is located, before Malayo-Polynesians arrived and assimilated them. Maynila, along with Tondo, were active...

Lomilomi massage is a Polynesian method of kneading massage incorporating elements of indigenous religious beliefs. The word lomilomi comes from the Hawaiian...

*bəŋaR → bangngaka "molar". Many Polynesian languages lost the original glottal stop *ʔ of their ancestor Proto-Polynesian but later debuccalized other consonants...

drawing of it in the world – in the Natural History Museum, London. The Polynesian navigator Tupaia, who sailed with explorer James Cook, was born in Raiatea...

doctor David Lewis, which explains the principles of Micronesian and Polynesian navigation through his experience of placing his boat under control of...

word matariki or similar, referring to the Pleiades, is found in many Polynesian languages. In the Marquesas the star cluster is known as Mataiʻi or Mataʻiki...

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Gallery of Polynesian flags" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2026) (Learn...

Mauritius and Réunion; taarab, soukous and other pan-African genres; and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian music. Contombley is a popular form of percussion...

between a few hundred and a few thousand years ago. In the Samoan branch of Polynesian mythology, Upolu was the first woman on the island. James Michener based...

others, such as Hindi, use the name of Yama, the God of Death in Hinduism. Polynesian languages also tend to use the indigenous god of the underworld, as in...

However, Easter Island's traditional language is Rapa Nui, an Eastern Polynesian language. As a legacy of comprising the former Spanish East Indies, Spanish...

Marau is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the south coast of Serui Island of the Ambai Islands group in Cenderawasih Bay, within Papua Province...

Leutogi was a Polynesian goddess, originally a Samoan princess later turned goddess, and once worshiped in the Samoan archipelago in the central South...

associated with the Kahaʻi and Laka epics. Variations of his name in other Polynesian languages include Wahieroa (Māori), Vahieroa (Tahiti, Tuamotus), Vaʻieroa...

original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023. "A fair thing for the Polynesians". The Brisbane Courier. 20 March 1871. p. 7. Retrieved 1 June 2019 –...

merger of mid central vowel *ə and final -a into o, change of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀ into y (PMP *kaʀəm → Paser kayom), and the rhotacism of *d/*j into...

Tumata Robinson (born 1954) is a French Polynesian dancer and choreographer. She is the founder of the Tahiti Ora dance troupe, and cofounder of the 'Ori...

first postseason bowl game in 1989. Niumatalolo is the second person of Polynesian descent to be named head coach of an NCAA Division I FBS college football...

branches of the family, while the one remaining principal branch, Malayo-Polynesian, contains nearly 1,200 Austronesian languages found outside Taiwan. Although...

Chile, which date back to 1321–1407 CE, providing evidence of possible Polynesian migration through the Pacific Ocean. Junglefowl are omnivorous, eating...

Kupe was a Polynesian explorer who, according to Māori history, was the first person to discover New Zealand. He is generally held to have been born to...

of 2002, he was the spokesman for Hawaiian and Polynesian-made healthcare products. Nephi, the Polynesian man. Honolulu, HI: El Leon Records. 1972. OCLC 663112487...

which he described as "immediate" was widely expected in the French Polynesian media, which characterized the move as a "strategy of resignation". The...

Ringgou (Rikou) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Ringgou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

traditional Polynesian terms for the hull, each float and connector are vaka, ama and aka, respectively (although trimarans are not traditionally Polynesian, since...

Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadically between 400 and 1100 CE by Polynesian long-distance navigators from the Samoan, Marquesas, and Tahiti islands...

comparable societies on other islands of the Polynesian Triangle, it is necessary to understand Polynesian societal order in classical times, i.e. before...

a Micronesian or Polynesian language. Rather, like Palauan, it possibly constitutes an independent branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. The...

the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. [t͡ʃ] and [l] are heard in...

ultimately green-lit) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on Polynesian mythology, and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod Māui. Intrigued...

lie roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia in the Micronesian and Polynesian regions of the South Pacific. The three main island groupings are the...

Lapita people would consolidate and begin to create the contemporary Polynesian cultures of Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. They would from there venture further...

Jacques Denis Drollet (6 December 1923 – 5 December 2015) was a French Polynesian politician and educator. He served two five-year terms in the Assembly...

mainland by Donn Beach in 1934, and has since become a standard at most Polynesian-themed restaurants, such as Don's and Trader Vic's. However, pu pu platters...

Legislative elections were held in French Oceania on 18 January 1953, the first to the new Territorial Assembly, which replaced the Representative Assembly...

Although most of Solomon Islands is Melanesian, Tikopia is culturally Polynesian. Its remoteness has enabled much of its culture to persist. One overview...

mythology) Tiʻitiʻi Ghosts in Polynesian culture Polynesian explorers of the Pacific, historically attested travellers Polynesian navigation Westervelt (1910)...

the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5,000 years ago. Polynesians also...

populations of European (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Kanak, and Polynesian (mostly Wallisian) origin, as well as smaller groups of Southeast Asian...

pluralised as such in English. Iwi groups trace their ancestry to the original Polynesian migrants who, according to tradition, arrived from Hawaiki. Some iwi cluster...

Pacific at least as far as the edges of the Polynesian Triangle (Tetahiotupa 2009). In French Polynesian oral tradition this octopus is also known as...

tiếng Gia Rai or Tiếng Jrai; Khmer: ចារ៉ាយ, Charay [caːraːj]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Jarai people of Vietnam and Cambodia. The speakers...

mulberry was the principal source of barkcloth, known as tapa in most Polynesian languages. Although barkcloth was also be made from members of Moraceae...

Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes considered the easternmost point in the Polynesian Triangle. Isla Salas y Gómez and its surrounding waters are a Marine Protected...

All-American after allowing only two sacks. In 2024, he was named a finalist for Polynesian College Football Player of the Year. Fano was selected in the first round...

the name "Hiraani" after a family friend, it also being his favourite Polynesian word, meaning "Princess of the beautiful sky"; and Yates chose the name...

2004 French Polynesian legislative election ← 2001 23 May 2004 2008 → All 57 seats in the Territorial Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority Party Leader...

Kéo or Nagé-Kéo is a Malayo-Polynesian dialect cluster spoken by the Kéo (ʼata Kéo) and the Nage peoples that reside in an area southeast of the Ebulobo...

A tepukei, tepuke or TePuke is a Polynesian boat type, characterized by its elaborate decking, its submerged hulls and symmetrical "crab claw" sail slender...

and Polynesian ancestry. The origin of the Nauruan people has not yet been finally determined. It was probably seafaring or shipwrecked Polynesians or...

The Polynesian sandpipers form the genus Prosobonia. They are small wading birds confined to remote Pacific islands of French Polynesia. Only one species...

again as Air Polynésie. Nicknamed "Air Po" by Polynesians, the company asserted more of its Polynesian identity and implemented regular services throughout...

pora" Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of the Polynesian Society, volume 39, 1930 "Object: Patiti (hatchet)". Te Papa. Retrieved...

Aedes polynesiensis, the Polynesian tiger mosquito, is only found in the South Pacific on the islands of Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Ellice Islands...

Olivia Foaʻi is a New Zealand musician of Polynesian descent. She is known for her work with the group Te Vaka, including on the soundtrack of Disney's...

Palauan (a tekoi er a Belau) is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside...

indigenous Fijians, who were of mixed Polynesian and Melanesian descent and generally spoke languages of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. After the islands...

energy or healing power that permeates the universe in Melanesian and Polynesian mythology Mana (food), archaic name for manna, an edible substance mentioned...

the name of the Polynesian megapode Megapodius pritchardii and the plant genus Pritchardia. Pritchard, William Thomas (1866). Polynesian Reminiscences;...

Maamaatuaiahutapu (fl. 2010–present), French Polynesian politician Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu (born 1968), French Polynesian journalist – the former's brother Maco...

of Fame (class of 2010) NWA Polynesian Wrestling NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship (5 times) NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship...

known as Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/ PAS-kew-ən) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. The island...

become a collegiate football head coach, and he was inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in 2025. Sitake was born in Tonga. His family immigrated...

Moss was benched, and Maiava was named the starter, becoming the first Polynesian quarterback to start at USC. In his first start with the Trojans against...

In the Polynesian mythology of Tonga, Limu is the primeval Tongan god of creation, whose union with the goddess Kele produced the deity Touiafutuna, from...

Los Angeles Times "French Polynesian hotel on Tetiaroa closes". RNZ. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2022. "French Polynesian Tetiaroa closed to all tourism"...

Stone, David (1965). "The Rise of the Cook Islands Party". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 74 (1): 92. Stone (1965), p. 94. Stone (1965), p. 99. Stone (1965)...

with Hawaiian Polynesian Power superhero Jason Momoa". Peoples World. Retrieved February 23, 2019. "How Jason Momoa's Hawaiian and Polynesian Roots Have...

1958 after the runway was reconstructed. It is built on an island (the Polynesian word for which is "motu") located in a lagoon. A boat transfer is necessary...

Webber's engraving, below. Abraham Fornander (1880). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian...

Association and a member of the Anthropological Society of Hawaii, the Polynesian Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. In 1983, she received the Hawaii...

i.e. a non-traditional Samoan house). The word is a cognate in other Polynesian languages and has gained widespread use throughout much of western Polynesia...

carpenter and barrel maker, arrived on Palmerston from Manuae with two Polynesian wives. He added a third wife and sired a large family of some 23 children...

The following words used in English exist as loanwords from one or more Polynesian languages. Words from Hawaiian and Māori are listed separately at List...

non-Austronesian languages are also spoken. The region includes several Polynesian outliers where Polynesian languages are spoken. Geographically, the islands of Bougainville...

Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was selected to play in the 2019 Polynesian Bowl. He committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football...

Additionally, Neich was a member of Polynesian Society Council and wrote many pieces for their journal, the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Within anthropology...

Tuvaluan, and is closely related to other Polynesian languages, especially the languages of the Polynesian outliers, such as Tuvaluan, Nukuoro, Kapingamarani...

The 2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics took place between October 16–17, 2007. The event was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in conjunction with...

efforts), Polynesian, French, etc. into a relaxed, palatable sound. Such music could have some instruments exaggerated (e.g., a Polynesian song might...

The figure of A'a is famous as one of the finest surviving pieces of Polynesian sculpture, and in the twenty-first century the sculpture is, according...

nature spirits or ancestral souls. The word is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates in other Austronesian...

Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language that is an official language of the Cook Islands. It is closely related to, but distinct from, New...

Western Oceanic languages, as well as some Admiralty Islands languages and Polynesian Ellicean–Outlier languages in a few outer islands. Since the late 19th...

During this period Chaussoy honed his artistic sense with traditional Polynesian patterns and color harmonies. He eventually rose to the position of artistic...

The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians, so the origins of the people of Tuvalu can be traced to the spread of humans out of Southeast Asia,...

There have been changing views about initial Polynesian discovery and settlement of Hawaii, beginning with Abraham Fornander in the late 19th century and...

first settled by humans. Early archaeological studies suggested that Polynesian explorers from the Marquesas may have arrived as early as the 3rd century...

The Polynesian Championships in athletics records are the best marks set by athletes who are representing one of the member states of the Polynesian Championships...

French National Assembly election the party won all three of the French Polynesian constituencies. On 10 March 2023 the party announced that Moetai Brotherson...

Percy Smith and A Tale From Nanumea". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 87 (1). Polynesian Society: 29–40. doi:10.2307/20705317. JSTOR 20705317. Goldsmith...

Temotu (or Te Motu, literally "the island" in several Polynesian languages) is the easternmost province of Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known...

Indonesia. It is closely related to Geser. It reflects Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *q as k, such as lalak "blood" < *daʀaq and katlu "egg" < *qatəluʀ. Watubela...

Pere is a Catalan given name and, separately, a Polynesian given name and surname. It is the Catalan rendering of Peter, while usage across Polynesia has...

"Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui website". Retrieved 10 April 2007. R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989). v t e...

national records in athletics in French Polynesia maintained by French Polynesian's national athletics federation: Fédération d'Athlétisme de Polynésie Française...

co-edited several notable anthologies of Polynesian writing, including Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English (2003), which received the...

Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct. /ᵑɡ...

The Kahiki Supper Club was a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The supper club was one of the largest tiki-themed restaurants in the United...

Identifying as both Māori and Jewish, Waititi describes himself as a "Polynesian Jew". He was raised more connected to his Māori roots, in a household...

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric...

sensitive areas is restricted. Kiritimati was initially inhabited by Polynesian people. Radiometric dating from sites on the island place the period of...

The state of Hawaii is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. U.S. territories are located in the Pacific Ocean...

Teina Maraeura (11 August 1950 – 11 May 2023) was a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet minister who served as Mayor of Rangiroa from 1986 to 2021...

Kehaulani Chanquy is a French Polynesian dancer. She leads the Hitireva dance troupe, and runs the Arato’a dance school. Chanquy began dancing as a child...

win. Wilson was named the Utah Gatorade Player of the Year and the co-Polynesian football player of the year. Coming out of high school Wilson was rated...

Wabo is a Malayo-Polynesian language of Papua, Indonesia. Wabo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this.[citation needed] The Eye of Kanaloa is an esoteric...

meaning 'to be short-legged' or 'dance'; all from Proto-Polynesian saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sakaŋ, meaning 'bowlegged'. Haka is a form of indigenous...

eclipsing even the far-flung, but less-dense, expansion of Austronesian-Polynesian explorers. The number of Africans who arrived in each region is calculated...

The Henderson sandpiper (Prosobonia sauli) is a small extinct Polynesian sandpiper shorebird from the Pitcairn Islands. It is based on subfossil remains...

his theory on the comparison of Polynesian languages, genealogies, and mythology, Fornander estimated that the Polynesians first entered the Pacific in Fiji...

The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians. The word "leiomano" is derived from the Hawaiian...

Dengka is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Dengka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t...

Caribbean Plaza, which is home to Pirates of the Caribbean. The original Polynesian motif is still visible with the prominence of jungle surrounding the Swiss...

Limalama is a Polynesian art of self-defense, created and founded by Tu’umamao "Tino" Tuiolosega (1931–2011). Tuiolosega created the word "Limalama" as...

Hawaiian independence from American rule. Hawaii was originally settled by Polynesian voyagers from the Marquesas Islands or Tahiti. The date of their first...

South America and the Polynesian moai, Heyerdahl's theory about the origin of the Polynesian people is bolstered by Polynesian folklore that tells of...

island point to occupation by Polynesian people in the past. Sites on the island are consistent with pre-contact Polynesian architecture of the wider region...

of the 18th century, with the discovery of Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesian islands by French explorers, notably Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and...

Kisar is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Kisar Island, northeast of East Timor in Maluku, Indonesia. It shares the island with Oirata, which...

allegedly the sexual position recommended by Christian missionaries to their Polynesian converts in the era of European colonialism. "Assuming the missionary...

Vietnam and Hainan, China. The Chamic languages are a subgroup of Malayo-Polynesian languages in the Austronesian family. The ancestor of this subfamily,...

United States. A small group of Samoans were part of the first Mormon Polynesian colony in the US, which was founded in Utah in 1889 and consisted of Samoans...

The Eiao Marquesan warbler (Acrocephalus percernis aquilonis) is a subspecies of the northern Marquesan reed warbler found only in the dry upland forest...

workshop sessions are mandatory. The film was primarily shot on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora. Universal Pictures released Couples Retreat on October...

herself in her real life job as a wrestling promoter. Maivia took over Polynesian Pro Wrestling (PPW), a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance in...

Jean-Claude Teriierooiterai (1952 — 22 October 2020) was a French Polynesian linguist and anthropologist. An advocate of the Tahitian language, he was...

was disrupted with the arrival of the Polynesians, who introduced the Polynesian rat and the kurī (Polynesian dog) to the island. Later, Europeans introduced...

Marists, based at Sumi. The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within...

Avea (Chief Sielu in short) is a Samoan-born comedian and ambassador of Polynesian culture. Since 2012 he has been the producer and host of Chief's Luau...

Tokelauan (/toʊkəˈlaʊən/) is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and historically by the small population of Swains Island (or Olohega) in American...

the music of Fiji is more Polynesian in character. Nevertheless, Fijian folk styles are distinct in their fusion of Polynesian and Melanesian traditions...

Islands–Batak languages or Sumatran languages) are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken by the Batak and related peoples in the interior of North...

Christchurch), 1993. E.R.Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891. Polynesian Mythology, George Grey, first edition...

indigenous form of governance called fa'amatai. Samoans are one of the largest Polynesian populations in the world, and most are of exclusively Samoan ancestry...

coral reef, the only atoll in the Marquesas Islands. Unlike most French Polynesian islands, the Marquesas islands (other than Motu One) are not surrounded...

fall". However, this assertion remains unsupported by evidence from other Polynesian languages which distinguish the original "ng" and "n". The Hina in New...

Pulotu is the resting place of those passed on in the Polynesian narrative of Tonga and Samoa, the world of darkness "lalo fonua" (as opposed to the human...

Samuel Raapoto (22 May 1921 – 15 June 1976) was a French Polynesian religious leader, who from 1963 until his death was first president of the Maohi Protestant...

Oceania Athletics Regional Championships – comprising the Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian Championships – are sub-regional track and field competitions...

California, United States. Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname, "Trader Vic". He was one of...

to denote a long A. Examples are the Baltic languages (e.g. Latvian), Polynesian languages, including Māori and Moriori, some romanizations of Japanese...

Cooper plays an American wanderer who liberates the inhabitants of a Polynesian island from the puritanical rule of a misguided pastor. Cooper endured...

Frommer for the Avatar franchise. It features a phonology inspired by Polynesian languages, with unique grammar elements such as verb serialization and...

knowledge with members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. This led to a revival of the practices of traditional Polynesian navigation techniques, and provided...

millennium BC — first Austronesians and later Melanesians, with some Polynesian influences. Europeans first visited Fiji in the 17th century. In 1874...

first man in Māori mythology or a humanoid carving in Central Eastern Polynesian culture generally. Tiki may also refer to: Tiki (name), list of people...

South Pacific. Linguistically, as well as culturally, Rotuma has had a Polynesian influence in its culture and was incorporated as a dependency into the...

West Uvean (also Uvean or Faga Ouvéa; Fagauvea in the vernacular) is a Polynesian outlier language spoken on the island of Ouvéa, in the Loyalty island...

Take a Number is the debut album by New Zealand and Polynesian jazz singer Mavis Rivers. It was arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in 1959. The initial...

Kenya, "arrowroot" refers to nduma, a plant known elsewhere as taro. Polynesian arrowroot or pia (Tacca leontopetaloides), from Palawan-Philippines arrowroot...

and is often chosen as a guard dog despite its size. Askal Taiwan Dog Polynesian Dog Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia List of dog breeds...

Taba (also known as East Makian or Makian Dalam) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea group. It is spoken mostly on the...

Corkill (1902). ""The Leina-Kauhane" in Hawaii". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 11. Polynesian Society: 192. Thrum, Thomas (1907). Hawaiian Folk Tales. A...

and are a significant archaeological find relating to the migration of Polynesians in the Pacific. The Chatham Islands is an archipelago about 860 kilometres...

elements. Hawaiian cuisine reflects substantial influence from its native Polynesian cuisine and from East Asian cuisine, while Louisiana Creole integrates...

The 2018 FIBA Polynesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Polynesia sub-zone of...

Atadei, also known as South Lembata from its location, is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Indonesia spoken in the Atadei District of Lembata, an island...

are 74 living languages in Kalimantan, Indonesia. They belong to Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of Austronesian family. Also, Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh language...

Tii is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Tii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e v t...

sometimes bat-like. Black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica (A) Polynesian storm-petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa Order: Procellariiformes   Family:...

appeared to have been found that suggested pre-Columbian contact between Polynesians from the western Pacific and the Mapuche people. Chicken bones found...

Philippine languages, which in turn belongs to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family. A 2014 genetic study has found that the Kankanaey (an Igorot...