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Definition of: Polynesian
(pol′i·nē′zhən, -shən) noun
1. One of the native brown–skinned people of Polynesia: believed to be either of Malay stock originally stemming from a Caucasian strain of Asia, or of mixed Melanesian, Malay, and Caucasian stock.
2. A subfamily of the Austronesian family of languages spoken by these people.
—adjective Of or pertaining to Polynesia, its people, or their languages.
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