Polynesia

E14880
cultural region geographical region subregion of Oceania

Polynesia is a vast region of the central and southern Pacific Ocean comprising over a thousand islands, including Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, and French Polynesia, linked by shared Polynesian cultures and languages.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
eastern Polynesia 0 2
Central Eastern Polynesia 0 1
Eastern Polynesia 0 1
Polynesian Triangle 0 1
Western Polynesia 0 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
geographical region →
subregion of Oceania →
colonialHistoryWith France →
New Zealand →
United Kingdom →
United States of America →
surface form: United States
containsCountry New Zealand →
Samoa →
Tonga →
Tuvalu →
containsDependentTerritory American Samoa →
Cook Islands →
Easter Island →
French Polynesia →
Niue →
Pitcairn Islands →
Tokelau →
Wallis and Futuna →
cornerOfTriangle Easter Island →
Hawaiʻi (island) →
surface form: Hawaiʻi

New Zealand →
ethnolinguisticGroup Polynesians →
hasApproximateNumberOfIslands over 1000 →
hasCulturalCharacteristic Polynesian dance →
Polynesian languages →
Polynesian music →
Polynesian mythology →
Polynesian navigation traditions →
Polynesian tattooing →
hasPart American Samoa →
Austral Islands →
Cook Islands →
Easter Island →
French Polynesia →
Gambier Islands →
Hawaii →
Kermadec Islands →
Line Islands →
Marquesas Islands →
Niue →
Phoenix Islands →
Pitcairn Islands →
Samoa →
Samoa →
surface form: Samoa archipelago

Samoa →
surface form: Samoan Islands

Society Islands →
Tokelau →
Tonga →
Tuamotu Archipelago →
Tuvalu →
Wallis and Futuna →
isDefinedBy Polynesia self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Polynesian Triangle
knownFor atoll and volcanic islands →
long-distance oceanic voyaging →
outrigger canoes →
languageFamily Austronesian languages →
locatedIn Pacific Ocean →
Central Pacific Ocean →
surface form: central Pacific Ocean

southern Pacific Ocean →
majorReligion Christianity →
partOf Oceania →
subfamily Polynesian languages →
traditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religions →

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melanesia → borderedBy → Polynesia →
Micronesia → borderedBy → Polynesia →
South Pacific Ocean → contains → Polynesia →
American Samoa → culturalRegion → Polynesia →
French Polynesia → culturalRegion → Polynesia →
subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province
Rapa Nui people → cultureArea → Polynesia →
Alphitonia → distributionRegion → Polynesia →
this entity surface form: eastern Polynesia
this entity surface form: Western Polynesia
Aua → hasCulturalRegion → Polynesia →
Taʻū → hasCulturalRegion → Polynesia →
Tokelau → hasCulturalRegion → Polynesia →
Vaitogi → hasCulturalRegion → Polynesia →
Polynesians → hasRegion → Polynesia →
Tongan language group → hasRegion → Polynesia →
Oceania → hasSubregion → Polynesia →
Oceanic art → hasSubregion → Polynesia →
Pacific Islands → hasSubregion → Polynesia →
Rainmaker Mountain → inRegion → Polynesia →
Asia-Pacific → includesSubregion → Polynesia →
Polynesia → isDefinedBy → Polynesia self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Polynesian Triangle
The Gathering Place → islandGroup → Polynesia →
subject surface form: Oahu
American Samoa → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Apia → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Aunuʻu → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Cook Islands → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Easter Island → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Hawaii → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Manuʻa District → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Niue → locatedIn → Polynesia →
North Island → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Nuʻuuli → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Pago Pago → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Poike → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Rose Atoll → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Sili village → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Swains Island → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Taʻū → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Tokelau → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Tutuila → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Tuvalu → locatedIn → Polynesia →
Wallis and Futuna → locatedIn → Polynesia →
this entity surface form: eastern Polynesia
Leone → locatedInRegion → Polynesia →