Polynesia

Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesos = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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The term "Polynesia" was first coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. Jules Dumont d'Urville in an 1831 lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris proposed a restriction on its use, and also introduced the terms Micronesia and Melanesia, this three-way regional division remaining in widespread use today.

Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Island: An island or isle is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of islan...

Pacific Ocean: :For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation)....

Polynesia related Images and Photos (experimental)

Sunset in Polynesia	Bora Bora French Polynesia	Huahine Islands Tahiti French Polynesia	Sunset at Raiatea French Polynesia
Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion Chrysopterus) French Polynesia	Le Maitai Dream Fakarava Resort Fakarava Tuamotus French Polynesia	Umbrella or White-Crested Cockatoo Head Cacatua Alba Polynesia	Diver and School of Double Saddle Butterflyfish (Chaetodon Ulietensis) French Polynesia
Pontoon and Hut Over the Lagoon Rangiroa Taumotus The French Polynesia