Polynesia
/ˌpɒlɪˈniːzjə/- a region of the central Pacific, lying to the east of Micronesia and Melanesia and containing the easternmost of the three great groups of Pacific islands, including Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and French Polynesia波利尼西亚(中太平洋地区, 位于密克罗尼西亚和美拉尼西亚以东, 包括三大太平洋岛群的最东部, 含夏威夷, 马克萨斯群岛, 萨摩亚群岛, 库克群岛和法属波利尼西亚)。
词源
from POLY- 'many' + Greek nēsos 'island'.