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FRENCH POLYNESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A French overseas possession in the South Pacific
Synonyms:
French Oceania; French Polynesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)
Meronyms (parts of "French Polynesia"):
Society Islands (an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa)
Low Archipelago; Paumotu Archipelago; Tuamotu Archipelago (a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia)
Austral Islands; Tubuai Islands (a chain of small islands in French Polynesia)
Gambier Islands (a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia)
Iles Marquises; Marquesas Islands (a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia)
Holonyms ("French Polynesia" is a part of...):
Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)
