Search results for "Polynesian" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
Advertisement
- and later translated into English as Polynesian Mythology (Grey 1956). ... *———. Polynesian Mythology, 1976. Whitcombe and Tombs: Christchurch ...8 KB (1,301 words) - 00:36, 8 December 2022
- of the Solomon Islands, to study the Polynesian culture of the local people ... (1936); economic system, in Primitive Polynesian Economy (1939); values ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- New Zealand, and Easter Island. A Polynesian island group outside of ... Polynesian history covers four eras: Exploration and settlement (1800 ...17 KB (2,424 words) - 06:50, 31 May 2025
- undisturbed blend of Christianity and Polynesian culture. ... The vast majority are of Polynesian ethnicity, with a small minority ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- origin to the legend of Hawaiiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with ... *Polynesian Cultural Center—features traditional buildings and entertainment ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:27, 31 July 2025
- Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti, in the Society Islands group, also the location ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- Fiji, as well as the inhabitants of the Polynesian archipelagos--Maoris, crossed ... from South America traveled to the Polynesian Islands. Heyerdahl constructed ...10 KB (1,446 words) - 04:47, 3 November 2025
- As in other Polynesian islands, the Cook Islands' pre-European ... vocal music known for a uniquely Polynesian drop in pitch at the end ...16 KB (2,204 words) - 02:53, 8 January 2024
- Niue was first settled by Polynesian sailors from Tonga, Samoa, and ... and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 01:55, 1 July 2025
- Carbon dating indicates the first settlers arrived from other Polynesian ... the Peruvian government to ban such Polynesian “imports.” The slavers ...24 KB (3,502 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- years, Tonga is part of the cradle of Polynesian civilization (along with ... and orator, united Tonga into a Polynesian kingdom by 1845. Holding ...16 KB (2,277 words) - 18:07, 20 December 2025
- The native population is Polynesian, and is estimated to have settled ... (along with French). It is an Eastern Polynesian language closely related ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- (10.8 square kilometers) of land, is Polynesian culture at its most untouched. ... Tokelauan, a Polynesian language, and English are spoken. Older people ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- to name the new arrivals poto after the Polynesian word for smart, poto. ... South America from having settled the Polynesian Islands. Nevertheless most ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- used for millennia in Oceania, where Polynesian catamarans and outrigger ... of two widely separated logs and used by Polynesian natives to get from one ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- between Indo-Fijians and Melanesian-Polynesian Fijians, a legacy of British ... In 1500 B.C.E., Fiji was settled by Polynesian seafarers. From 500 B.C ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- two islands are of the Samoic family of Polynesian languages. ... is predominantly Micronesian with some Polynesian, consists of nine ethnolinguistic ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- contains a preponderance of Asian and Polynesian cultural influence, which ... Hawaiian is a member of the Polynesian language branch of the Austronesian ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 07:49, 25 June 2024
- States in North America. Hawaiians are a Polynesian race. Easter Island is ... introduced by humans: the first Malayo-Polynesian settlers brought pigs, ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 18:54, 31 July 2025
- Tuvaluans are a Polynesian people who possibly settled the islands ... The population is almost entirely of Polynesian ethnicity, with just a ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
