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Polynesia

Pol·y·ne·sia [ pòllə nə ] ethnographic grouping of Pacific islands, encompassing a number of scattered islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, Samoa, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Tonga, Tuvalu, and sometimes New Zealand
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