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Polynesia

POLYNE'SIA

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Noun.
s as z. [Gr. many and isle.] A new term in geography, used to designate a great number of isles in the Pacific ocean, as the Pelew isles, the Ladrones, the Carolinas,the Sandwich isles,the Marquesas, the Society isles and the Friendly isles.

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Polynesia

Polynesia

English

Proper noun

Polynesia

  1. Part of Oceania including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Polynesia

  1. Polynesia

Declension

Inflection of Polynesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Polynesia
genitive Polynesian
partitive Polynesiaa
illative Polynesiaan
singular plural
nominative Polynesia
accusative nom. Polynesia
gen. Polynesian
genitive Polynesian
partitive Polynesiaa
inessive Polynesiassa
elative Polynesiasta
illative Polynesiaan
adessive Polynesialla
ablative Polynesialta
allative Polynesialle
essive Polynesiana
translative Polynesiaksi
instructive
abessive Polynesiatta
comitative

Latin

Proper noun

Polynesia f (genitive Polynesiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Polynesia

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Polynesia
genitive Polynesiae
dative Polynesiae
accusative Polynesiam
ablative Polynesiā
vocative Polynesia
locative Polynesiae