Oceania Polynesia http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polynesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35942 Polynesian 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.