Polynesians

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Polynesians are an indigenous Pacific Islander people known for their shared Austronesian languages, rich seafaring traditions, and widespread settlement across islands such as Samoa, Tonga, Hawaiʻi, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Generate an image of Polynesians (Polynesians are an indigenous Pacific Islander people known for their shared Austronesian languages, rich seafaring traditions, and widespread settlement across islands such as Samoa, Tonga, Hawaiʻi, and Aotearoa New Zealand.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific Islander people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ethnicGroupingOf Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
hasAncestralHomeland Samoa region ⓘ
Tonga region ⓘ
linked to: Tonga

Western Polynesia ⓘ
linked to: Polynesia
hasArtForm body tattoo art ⓘ
canoe carving ⓘ
tapa cloth making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait ancestor veneration ⓘ
chiefly hierarchies ⓘ
communal land tenure ⓘ
double-hulled voyaging canoes ⓘ
elaborate dance traditions ⓘ
extended kinship systems ⓘ
kava ceremonies ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
outrigger canoe building ⓘ
polyphonic choral music ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
tattooing ⓘ
wayfinding navigation ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend large diaspora communities ⓘ
hasDiaspora Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasLanguage Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
Futunan language ⓘ
Hawaiian language ⓘ
Māori language ⓘ
linked to: Te Reo Māori

Niuean language ⓘ
Rapa Nui language ⓘ
Samoan language ⓘ
Tahitian language ⓘ
Tokelauan language ⓘ
linked to: Tokelauan

Tongan language ⓘ
Tuvaluan language ⓘ
Wallisian language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubfamily Polynesian languages ⓘ
hasMajorPopulationIn American Samoa ⓘ
Aotearoa New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand

Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Cook Islands ⓘ
Easter Island ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
French Polynesia ⓘ
Hawaiʻi ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian Islands

New Caledonia ⓘ
Niue ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
Tuvalu ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
hasOriginTheory Lapita culture expansion ⓘ
linked to: Lapita culture
hasRegion Polynesia ⓘ
central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasSocialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
clan-based organization ⓘ
hasSubgroup Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
Futunans ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
Native Hawaiians ⓘ
Niuafoʻou people ⓘ
Niueans ⓘ
Pitcairn Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Pitcairn Islander

Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Samoans ⓘ
Tahitians ⓘ
Tokelauans ⓘ
Tongans ⓘ
Tuvaluans ⓘ
linked to: Tuvaluan people

Uveans ⓘ
Wallisians ⓘ
hasSymbolicConcept mana ⓘ
tapu ⓘ
knownFor long-distance ocean voyaging ⓘ
non-instrument navigation ⓘ
settlement of remote Pacific islands ⓘ
star compass navigation ⓘ
modernReligion Christianity ⓘ
partOf Austronesian peoples ⓘ
subgroupOf Malayo-Polynesian peoples ⓘ
traditionalReligion Polynesian mythology ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ

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Referenced by (140)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Marquesans ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tahitians ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Tongariro National Park → hasTraditionalOwner → Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Samoans → ethnicity → Polynesian ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Samoans → relatedGroup → Tahitians ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
South Pacific → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesia → ethnolinguisticGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Tahitians ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Marquesans ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Pacific Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → areSpokenBy → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesian languages → usedBy → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Marquesic languages → areSpokenBy → Marquesan people ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Tahiti → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
French Polynesia → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Cook Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → hasCulturalIdentity → Polynesian ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesian outliers → hasEthnolinguisticOrigin → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesians → ethnicGroupingOf → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Hawaiki → culture → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Hawaiki → relatedConcept → Polynesian migration ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Wallis and Futuna → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Tokelau → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rennell and Bellona → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Pacific Island societies → includes → Polynesian societies ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Melanesians → distinctFrom → Polynesians ⓘ
Pacific Islanders → subgroupIncludes → Polynesians ⓘ
Marquesas Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Temotu Province → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Omoo → hasSubject → Polynesian culture ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Anuta → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Society Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Tuamotu Archipelago → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Carolinean people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Austral Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Niuas → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Moriori → ethnicity → Polynesian ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Duff Islands → culturalInfluence → Polynesian ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Duff Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Niuatoputapu Island → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rotuma → ethnolinguisticGroup → Polynesian ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
Ellice Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Aitutaki → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Mangaia → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Pukapuka → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ