"Polynesia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/ [UK], /ˌpɑːləˈniːʒə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Polynesia.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːʒə Etymology: Borrowed from French Polynésie, coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Polynésie}} French Polynésie, {{der|en|grc|πολύς|t=many}} Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”), {{m|grc|νῆσος|t=island}} νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Polynesia
  1. A region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them. Wikipedia link: Charles de Brosses, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Polynesia Categories (place): Regions of Oceania Holonyms: Austronesia, Oceania Related terms: Polynesian Coordinate_terms: Melanesia, Micronesia Translations (part of Oceania): Polinesië (Afrikaans), Polinezi [feminine] (Albanian), Polinezia [definite, feminine] (Albanian), ፖሊኔዥያ (polinežya) (Amharic), بُولِينِزِيَا (būlīniziyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Պոլինեզիա (Polinezia) (Armenian), Polineziya (Azerbaijani), Паліне́зія (Palinjézija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Палінэ́зія (Palinézija) [feminine] (Belarusian), পলিনেশিয়া (polineśiẏa) (Bengali), Полине́зия (Polinézija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပိုလီနီးရှား (puilini:hra:) (Burmese), Polinèsia [feminine] (Catalan), ᏆᎵᏂᏏᎠ (qualinisia) (Cherokee), 波利尼西亞 (Chinese Cantonese), 波利尼西亚 (bo¹ lei⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 波利尼西亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 波利尼西亚 (Bōlìníxīyà) (Chinese Mandarin), 玻里尼西亞 (Bōlǐníxīyà) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), Polynésie [feminine] (Czech), Polynesien [neuter] (Danish), Polynesië [neuter] (Dutch), Polinezio (Esperanto), Polüneesia (Estonian), Polinesia (Farefare), Polynesia (Finnish), Polynésie [feminine] (French), Polinesia (Galician), პოლინეზია (ṗolinezia) (Georgian), Polynesien [neuter] (German), Πολυνησία (Polynisía) [feminine] (Greek), Polenekia (Hawaiian), פּוֹלִינֶזְיָה (polinézya) [feminine] (Hebrew), पोलीनेशिया (polīneśiyā) [masculine] (Hindi), Polinézia (Hungarian), Pólýnesía (Icelandic), Polinesia (Indonesian), An Pholainéis [feminine] (Irish), Polinesia [feminine] (Italian), ポリネシア (Porineshia) (Japanese), Полинезия (Polineziä) (Kazakh), ប៉ូលីណេស៊ី (pouliineesii) (Khmer), 폴리네시아 (Pollinesia) (Korean), Полинезия (Polineziya) (Kyrgyz), ໂປລີເນຊີ (pō lī nē sī) (Lao), Polinēzija [feminine] (Latvian), Polinezija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Полинезија (Polinezija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Polinesia (Malay), Полинези (Polinezi) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Polînezya (Northern Kurdish), Polynesia (Norwegian Bokmål), Polynesia (Norwegian Nynorsk), پلینزی (poli-nezi) (Persian), پلینزی (polinezi) (Persian), Polinezja [feminine] (Polish), Polinésia [feminine] (Portuguese), Polinezia [feminine] (Romanian), Полине́зия (Polinɛ́zija) [feminine] (Russian), Polenisia (Samoan), Полѝне̄зија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Polìnēzija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), පොලිනීසියාව (polinīsiyāwa) (Sinhalese), Polynézia [feminine] (Slovak), Polinezija [feminine] (Slovene), Polinesia (Spanish), Polynesien [neuter] (Swedish), Dampuluan (Tagalog), Polynesia (Tagalog), Полинезия (Polineziya) (Tajik), பொலினீசியா (poliṉīciyā) (Tamil), Полинезия (Polineziyä) (Tatar), พอลินีเชีย (pɔɔ-lí-nii-chiia) (Thai), Polinezya (Turkish), Polineziýa (Turkmen), Поліне́зія (Polinézija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), پولینیشیا (polīneśiyā) [masculine] (Urdu), پولىنېزىيە (polinëziye) (Uyghur), Polineziya (Uzbek), Pô-li-nê-di (Vietnamese), Đa Đảo (alt: 多島) (Vietnamese), Möda-Seanuäns (Volapük), פּאָלינעזיע (polinezye) [neuter] (Yiddish)

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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Πολυνησία"
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          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Polenekia"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "polinézya",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פּוֹלִינֶזְיָה"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "polīneśiyā",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "An Pholainéis"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Polinesia"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Porineshia",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "ポリネシア"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Polineziä",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Полинезия"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pouliineesii",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "ប៉ូលីណេស៊ី"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Pollinesia",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "폴리네시아"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Polînezya"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Polineziya",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Полинезия"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pō lī nē sī",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "ໂປລີເນຊີ"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Polinēzija"
        },
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Polinezija",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sm",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "පොලිනීසියාව"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "word": "พอลินีเชีย"
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          "word": "Polinezya"
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          "code": "tk",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "polinëziye",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "پولىنېزىيە"
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Pô-li-nê-di"
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          "alt": "多島",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Đa Đảo"
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "part of Oceania",
          "word": "Möda-Seanuäns"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
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          "sense": "part of Oceania",
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          "word": "פּאָלינעזיע"
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesië"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinezi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinezia"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "polinežya",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ፖሊኔዥያ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "būlīniziyā",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُولِينِزِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Polinezia",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Պոլինեզիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polineziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Palinjézija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Паліне́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Palinézija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Палінэ́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "polineśiẏa",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "পলিনেশিয়া"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Polinézija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "puilini:hra:",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ပိုလီနီးရှား"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinèsia"
    },
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
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      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ᏆᎵᏂᏏᎠ"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "波利尼西亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bo¹ lei⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "波利尼西亚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "波利尼西亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "波利尼西亚"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bōlǐníxīyà",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "玻里尼西亞"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinezio"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polüneesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesia"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "Polynesia"
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      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polynésie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗolinezia",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "პოლინეზია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Polynesien"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Polynisía",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Πολυνησία"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polenekia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "polinézya",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פּוֹלִינֶזְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "polīneśiyā",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पोलीनेशिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinézia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Pólýnesía"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Pholainéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Porineshia",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ポリネシア"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Polineziä",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Полинезия"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pouliineesii",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ប៉ូលីណេស៊ី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Pollinesia",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "폴리네시아"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polînezya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Polineziya",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Полинезия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pō lī nē sī",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "ໂປລີເນຊີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinēzija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinezija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Polinezija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Полинезија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Polinezi",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Полинези"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polynesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polynesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "poli-nezi",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "پلینزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "polinezi",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "پلینزی"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Polinezja"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinésia"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polinezia"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Polinɛ́zija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Полине́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polenisia"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Полѝне̄зија"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Polìnēzija"
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    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "polinīsiyāwa",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "පොලිනීසියාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polynézia"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Polinezija"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinesia"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Polynesien"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Dampuluan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polynesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Polineziya",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Полинезия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "poliṉīciyā",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "பொலினீசியா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Polineziyä",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Полинезия"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pɔɔ-lí-nii-chiia",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "พอลินีเชีย"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polinezya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polineziýa"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Polinézija",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Поліне́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "polīneśiyā",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پولینیشیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "polinëziye",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "پولىنېزىيە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Polineziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Pô-li-nê-di"
    },
    {
      "alt": "多島",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Đa Đảo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "word": "Möda-Seanuäns"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "polinezye",
      "sense": "part of Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פּאָלינעזיע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Polynesia"
}

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