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	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.

Piumafua → locatedInRegion → Polynesia ⓘ

Pacific Community → operatesIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Māori → originRegion → Polynesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Eastern Polynesia

Hanga Roa → partOf → Polynesia ⓘ

Native Hawaiians → partOf → Polynesia ⓘ

Ofu → partOf → Polynesia ⓘ

Samoa → partOf → Polynesia ⓘ

Polynesian indigenous religions → practicedIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia → region → Polynesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Atuona

Cook Islands Māori language → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Olosega → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Pago Pago Harbor → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Rapa Nui language → region → Polynesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Polynesia

rongorongo → region → Polynesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Rongorongo

Roro → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Samoa → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Samoans → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Tapati Rapa Nui festival (nearby and centered on island) → region → Polynesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Tapati Rapa Nui festival

ie lavalava → region → Polynesia ⓘ

Māui (Polynesian demigod) → regionOfMyth → Polynesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Māui

British Western Pacific Territories → regionServed → Polynesia ⓘ

Mataveri International Airport → regionServed → Polynesia ⓘ

Polynesian Leaders Group → regionServed → Polynesia ⓘ

Tokelauan language group → regionType → Polynesia ⓘ

Tonga → regionalClassification → Polynesia ⓘ

AS → representsSubregion → Polynesia ⓘ

Moana → setting → Polynesia ⓘ

Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Ellicean languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Malayo-Polynesian languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Marquesic languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Polynesian languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ

Remote Oceanic languages → spokenIn → Polynesia ⓘ