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[syn: Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polynesian \Pol`y*ne"sian\, a.
Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and
central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polynesians \Pol`y*ne"sians\, n. pl.; sing. Polynesian.
(Ethnol.)
The race of men native in Polynesia.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Polynesian
adj 1: of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Polynesia
2: the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from
Madagascar to the central Pacific [syn: Malayo-Polynesian,
Polynesian]