Polynesia

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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 Occurrences
eastern Polynesia 2
Central Eastern Polynesia 1
Eastern Polynesia 1
Polynesian Triangle 1
Western Polynesia 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 ⓘ