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Polynesia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Polynesia [Gr.,=many islands], one of the three main divisions of Oceania , in the central and S Pacific Ocean. The larger islands are volcanic; the smaller ones are generally coral formations. The principal groups are the Hawaiian Islands (see Hawaii ), Samoa , Tonga , and the islands of French Polynesia . Ethnologically though not geographically, Polynesia embraces New Zealand . Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken in Polynesia.

Bibliography: See T. Barrow, Art and Life in Polynesia (1972).

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