polynesia in English

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a region of the central Pacific Ocean that lies east of Micronesia and Melanesia and contains the easternmost of the three large groups of Pacific islands, including Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and French Polynesia.

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1. French is the only official language of French Polynesia.

2. The Collectivity is geographically part of western Polynesia

3. Māori people constitute one of the major cultures of Polynesia.

4. The Tahiti branch cares for the needs of French Polynesia

5. Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia

6. Today, all banknotes are strictly identical from New Caledonia to French Polynesia.

7. Protestant church with Jehovah’s name on the front, island of Huahine, French Polynesia

8. Bora-Bora, volcanic island, Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands), in the Society Islands of French Polynesia

9. Oceania has traditionally been divided into four parts: Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia

10. Today, it forms the administrative center of a group of islands known as French Polynesia.

11. French Polynesia is a semi-autonomous island group designated as an overseas country of France.

12. The second migration was that of the Oceanic languages into Polynesia and Micronesia (Greenhill, Blust & Gray 2008).

13. Gaston Tong Sang (born August 7, 1949 in Bora Bora) is the former President of French Polynesia.

14. The best place for couples - Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort and Spa in French Polynesia.

15. Tahiti is the largest of the more than 120 islands in French Polynesia, situated in the South Pacific.

16. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.

17. French Polynesia was an overseas territory until the constitutional reform on 28 March 2003 created the overseas collectivities.

18. The wood is red and solid, and has high water resistance; it has been used in Polynesia for making canoes.

19. The Polynesia Cup was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation.

20. French Polynesia, an overseas Collectivity of France consisting of five archipelagoes in the south-central Pacific Ocean

21. Araucaria definition: any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia , and Polynesia , Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

22. At the 2017 census, 68.7% of the population of French Polynesia lived on the island of Tahiti alone.

23. Between 1946 and 2003, French Polynesia had the status of an overseas territory (French: territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM).

24. The Non-Self-Governing Territory of French Polynesia was led by an “Accommodationist” government that provided its people with only the illusion of …

25. Barbion PEDORING [2012] It all starts in October 2012, in Papeete (Tahiti – French Polynesia) when the affair comes to light

26. The traditions abound with instances of Anthropophagism, and in all Polynesia there were no more confirmed cannibals than these islanders

27. Best Bora Bora Resorts on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews, candid photos, and prices for 11 resorts in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

28. Native to the tropics of India and Polynesia, Ming Aralia is an interesting and exotic houseplant that is technically an evergreen shrub

29. The GAmbier Islands (French: Îles GAmbier or Archipel des GAmbier) are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago

30. Radiocarbon dating suggested that the chickens were Pre-Columbian, and DNA analysis showed that they were related to prehistoric populations of chickens in Polynesia.

31. Florent's Guide To The Hawaii Reefs - Spotted Boxfish - Ostracion meleagris - Boxfishes - Whitespotted Boxfish - Boxfishes - Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef - Whitespotted Boxfish

32. The Polynesian peoples are shown below in their distinctive ethnic and cultural groupings (estimates of the larger groups are shown): Polynesia: Māori: New Zealand (Aotearoa) – c.

33. A 2007 paper published in PNAS put forward DNA and archaeological evidence that domesticated chickens had been introduced into South America via Polynesia by late pre-Columbian times.

34. A 52-year-old Crewman who fell off a cargo ship in the remote South Pacific has cheated death after being plucked from the water alive 16 hours later, rescue services in French Polynesia said on

35. The Archbishops of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia July 24, 2020 · A one-day virtual meeting of the Anglican Church's General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui is underway today (25 July) from 9am-4.30pm.

36. Either Polynesians have traveled to South America and back, or South American balsa rafts have drifted to Polynesia, possibly unable to make a return trip because of their less developed navigational skills and more fragile boats, or both.

37. A part of French Polynesia, this magical island has some of the most beautiful sights to behold- a tropical island sorrounded by the amazing blue lagoon and coral reefs, accompanied by small islets (Motus) scattered around Bora Bora.

38. Cannibalism in polynesia: the demise of captain cook When a group of Samoans went to beg pardon for any offence, they bowed down in front of the offended chief’s house, and each man held in his hand a small bundle of firewood, some leaves, stones, and earth.

39. This has led some scholars to hypothesize that the word Hawaiki, and, by extension, Savaiʻi and Hawaiʻi, may not, in fact, have originally referred to a geographical place, but rather to chiefly ancestors and the chief-based social structure that pre-colonial Polynesia typically exhibited.

40. Auckland is the largest metropolitan area in both Polynesia and New Zealand, with a population of 1.65 million people.It is in the northern half of the North Island, on a narrow isthmus of land that joins the Northland peninsula to the rest of the North Island.

41. The Austral Islands (French: Îles Australes, officially Archipel des Australes; Tahitian: Tuha'a Pae) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific.Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelagos, namely in the northwest the Tupua'i islands (French: Îles Tubuaï) consisting of the Îles Maria, Rimatara

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43. ‘Seven Austronesian languages are spoken, all of which belong to the Malayic Malayo-Polynesian group.’ ‘Samoan belongs to a group of Austronesian languages spoken throughout Polynesia.’ Austronesian languages are spoken by about 140 million people, of whom all but 1 million speak a language of the Indonesian group, which includes

44. Created in myriad forms and varieties, Polynesian Barkcloth, often referred to by the general term tapa, is produced almost exclusively by women.A paperlike textile predominantly manufactured from the soft inner bark of the paper mulberry tree, strips of which are pounded and then glued or felted together to produce large sheets, Barkcloth was the only form of cloth in Polynesia prior to

45. Bora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands.The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean.Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi)

46. The Aralia family (Araliaceae) is composed of 84 genera of herbs and woody plants ranging from vines to trees (2), including the genus, Polyscias.Within Polyscias, there are approximately 80 species of trees and shrubs indigenous to Polynesia and tropical Asia, most of which are commonly called Aralias.Many Aralias are useful interior plants and landscape plants in tropical areas of