Polynesia

Ing Polynesia (ibat keng Greek: πολύς dakal, νῆσος pulu) metung yang maragul a aptas keng lagpas mga 1,000 pulu a pakakalat king kalibudtarang at mauling Pacific Ocean.

Definition 
Ing bansag a "Polynesia" megamit yang mumuna kang Charles de Brosses inyang 1756, at keraklan magagamit ya kareng eganaganang pulu ning Pacific. Jules Dumont d'Urville inyang 1831 lecture keng Geographical Society ning Paris megmunikala yang atin angganan ingpamangamit na niting bansag at megdagdag yang bansag a Micronesia at Melanesia. Iti ing meging pamandake ning Pacific makalalam labuad a magagamit pa keraklan angga ngeni.

Pulung Aptas 

Deng tutuking pulu at pulung aptas, bangsa man o mababang pangabangsa a nung nu ing ibatan da Polynesian a kalinangan. Deng aliwang pulu atiu la kilwal ning labuad anung nu ing penibatan da Polynesian ing kalinangan.
 American Samoa (overseas United States territory)
 Anuta (in the Solomon Islands)
 Cook Islands (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 Easter Island (part of Chile, called Rapa Nui in Rapa Nui)
 Emae (in Vanuatu) 
 French Polynesia ("overseas country", a territory of France)
 Hawai‘i (a state of the United States)
 Kapingamarangi (in the Federated States of Micronesia)
 Loyalty Islands (a dependency of the French territory of New Caledonia)
 Mele (in Vanuatu)
 New Zealand (called Aotearoa in Māori, usually associated with Australasia) 
 Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 Nuguria (in Papua New Guinea)
 Nukumanu (in Papua New Guinea)
 Nukuoro (in the Federated States of Micronesia)
 Ontong Java (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Pileni (in the Solomon Islands)
 Rennell (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Samoa (independent nation)
 Sikaiana (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Swains Island (politically part of American Samoa) 
 Takuu (in Papua New Guinea) 
 Tikopia (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Tokelau (overseas dependency of New Zealand)
 Tonga (independent nation)
 Tuvalu (independent nation)
 Wallis and Futuna (overseas territory of France)

Kasusug Kilwal 
 South Pacific Organizer
 Map South Pacific
 Useful introduction to Maori society, including canoe voyages
 Polynesia (Polynesian Cultural Center)
 Lewis commenting on Spirits of the Voyage
 Interview with David Lewis 
 Obituary: David Henry Lewis—including how he came to rediscover Pacific Ocean navigation methods
 Photogallery - French Polynesia (Tahiti, Moorea, Motu Tiahura)

Pulu
Geography of Oceania