marquesas islands in English
noun
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a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific Ocean that forms part of French Polynesia; population 8,658 (2007). They were annexed by France in 1842. The largest island, Hiva Oa, is where painter Paul Gauguin spent the last two years of his life.
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1. It lives in the Marquesas Islands and parts of the Indian Ocean, including the Seychelles, in association with a goby of the genus Amblyeleotris.