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Descriptor English: Polynesia
Descriptor Spanish: Polinesia
Descriptor Polinesia
Entry term(s) Isla de Pascua
Niue
Polinesia Francesa
Tahití
Scope note: Nombre colectivo que se aplica a las islas de la parte central del Océano Pacífico, que incluye las islas australes, islas Cook, isla de Pascua, HAWAII, NUEVA ZELANDA, islas Fénix, ISLA PITCAIRN, SAMOA, TONGA, Archipiélago de Tuamotu, Isla Wake e islas Wallis y Futuna. Los polinesios son de raza caucasoide, pero muchos son de origen mixto. El nombre Polinesia deriva del griego poli, muchos + nesos, isla, con referencia a las muchas islas del grupo. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)
Descriptor Portuguese: Polinésia
Descriptor French: Polynésie
Entry term(s): Cook Islands
Easter Island
French Polynesia
Niue
Tahiti
Tokelau
Tokelau Islands
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.815
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011114
Scope note: The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)
Annotation: a group of islands in the central Pacific
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Online Note: use CHILE to search EASTER ISLAND 1975-77
History Note: 68; EASTER ISLAND was see CHILE 1975-77
DeCS ID: 11551
Unique ID: D011114
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Polynesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0017222
Scope note The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)
Preferred term Polynesia
Easter Island - Narrower
Concept UI M0017219
Preferred term Easter Island
French Polynesia - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0017220
Preferred term French Polynesia
Niue - Narrower
Concept UI M0017221
Preferred term Niue
Tokelau - Narrower
Concept UI M0017227
Preferred term Tokelau
Tokelau Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0017224
Preferred term Tokelau Islands
Wake Island - Narrower
Concept UI M0017225
Preferred term Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0017226
Preferred term Wallis and Futuna Islands
Cook Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0017218
Preferred term Cook Islands
Tahiti - Narrower
Concept UI M0017223
Preferred term Tahiti



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