POLYNE'SIA, 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.