Marquesas Islands
/mɑːˈkeɪzəs/- a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, forming part of French Polynesia; pop. 8,658 (2007). The islands were annexed by France in 1842. The largest island is Hiva Oa, on which the French painter Paul Gauguin spent the last two years of his life.马克萨斯群岛（南太平洋中一火山岛群, 法属波利尼西亚一部分; 2007年人口8,658, 1842年被法国吞并; 岛群中最大的岛是瓻瓦岛, 法国画家保罗·高庚在此度过了他生命中的最后2年）。