Polynesia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French polynésie, coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).[1] 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.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polynesia
- Part of Oceania including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
Holonyms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Translations
part of Oceania
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Polynesia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved January 21, 2020.
- Geoffery Clark (September 2003), “Dumont d'Urville's Oceania”, in The Journal of Pacific History, volume 38, issue 2, Taylor & Francis, pages 155-161
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpolynesiɑ/, [ˈpo̞lyˌne̞s̠iɑ]
- Rhymes: -esiɑ
- Syllabification(key): Po‧ly‧ne‧si‧a
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Polynesiatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Polynesia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Polynesiani | Polynesiamme |
| 2nd person | Polynesiasi | Polynesianne |
| 3rd person | Polynesiansa | |
Latin
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Polynēsia |
| Genitive | Polynēsiae |
| Dative | Polynēsiae |
| Accusative | Polynēsiam |
| Ablative | Polynēsiā |
| Vocative | Polynēsia |
| Locative | Polynēsiae |
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
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