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.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polynesians canonical | 43 |
| Polynesian peoples | 10 |
| Polynesian | 8 |
| Tahitians | 3 |
| Marquesans | 2 |
| Polynesian culture | 2 |
| Polynesian people | 2 |
| Marquesan people | 1 |
| Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi | 1 |
| Polynesian migration | 1 |
| Polynesian societies | 1 |
| Polynesians in New Zealand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T385887 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Polynesians Context triple: [Oceania, hasMajorEthnicGroup, Polynesians]
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A.
Pacific peoples
Pacific peoples are a diverse group of communities in New Zealand with ancestral ties to Pacific Island nations such as Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Fiji, contributing significantly to the country’s cultural and social landscape.
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B.
Rapa Nui people
The Rapa Nui people are the indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island, renowned for their unique culture and the creation of the island’s monumental moai statues.
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C.
Samoans
Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Samoan Islands, known for their rich seafaring traditions, communal culture (fa'a Samoa), and strong presence across Samoa, American Samoa, and a global diaspora.
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D.
Polynesian outliers
Polynesian outliers are small, culturally Polynesian communities located on islands outside the main Polynesian Triangle, primarily in Melanesia and Micronesia.
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E.
Great Andamanese
The Great Andamanese are one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, known as a small, endangered community with distinct languages and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Polynesians Target entity description: 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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A.
Pacific peoples
Pacific peoples are a diverse group of communities in New Zealand with ancestral ties to Pacific Island nations such as Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Fiji, contributing significantly to the country’s cultural and social landscape.
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B.
Rapa Nui people
The Rapa Nui people are the indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island, renowned for their unique culture and the creation of the island’s monumental moai statues.
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C.
Samoans
Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Samoan Islands, known for their rich seafaring traditions, communal culture (fa'a Samoa), and strong presence across Samoa, American Samoa, and a global diaspora.
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D.
Polynesian outliers
Polynesian outliers are small, culturally Polynesian communities located on islands outside the main Polynesian Triangle, primarily in Melanesia and Micronesia.
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E.
Great Andamanese
The Great Andamanese are one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, known as a small, endangered community with distinct languages and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (97)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pacific Islander people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupingOf |
Polynesians
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Polynesian peoples
|
| hasAncestralHomeland |
Samoa Islands archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Samoa region
Tonga ⓘ
surface form:
Tonga region
Polynesia ⓘ
surface form:
Western 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 of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasLanguage |
Cook Islands Māori language
ⓘ
Futunan language ⓘ Hawaiian language ⓘ Te Reo Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Māori language
Niuean language ⓘ Rapa Nui language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tokelauan ⓘ
surface form:
Tokelauan language
Tongan language ⓘ Tuvaluan language ⓘ Wallisian language ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubfamily | Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasMajorPopulationIn |
American Samoa
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
surface form:
Aotearoa New Zealand
Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Chile ⓘ Cook Islands ⓘ Easter Island ⓘ Fiji ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiʻi
New Caledonia ⓘ Niue ⓘ Norfolk Island ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ Samoa ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ Tonga ⓘ Tuvalu ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wallis and Futuna ⓘ |
| hasOriginTheory |
Lapita culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Lapita culture expansion
|
| hasRegion |
Polynesia
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central Pacific Ocean ⓘ eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasSocialStructure |
chiefdoms
ⓘ
clan-based organization ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Cook Islands Māori language
ⓘ
surface form:
Cook Islands Māori
Futunans ⓘ Māori ⓘ Native Hawaiians ⓘ Niuafoʻou people ⓘ Niueans ⓘ Pitcairn Islander ⓘ
surface form:
Pitcairn Islanders
Rapa Nui people ⓘ Samoans ⓘ Tahitians ⓘ Tokelauans ⓘ Tongans ⓘ Tuvaluan people ⓘ
surface form:
Tuvaluans
Uveans ⓘ Wallisians ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicConcept |
mana
ⓘ
tapu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
long-distance ocean voyaging
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non-instrument navigation ⓘ settlement of remote Pacific islands ⓘ star compass navigation ⓘ |
| modernReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian peoples ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austronesian peoples
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surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian peoples
|
| traditionalReligion |
Polynesian mythology
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polytheism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Polynesians Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.