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Descriptor English:   Polynesia 
Descriptor Spanish:   Polinesia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Polinésia 
Synonyms English:   Cook Islands
Easter Island
French Polynesia
Niue
Tahiti
Tokelau
Tokelau Islands
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna Islands  
Tree Number:   Z01.639.760.815
Definition English:   The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426) 
Indexing Annotation English:   a group of islands in the central Pacific
History Note English:   68; EASTER ISLAND was see CHILE 1975-77 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
Record Number:   11551 
Unique Identifier:   D011114 

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