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PRONUNCIATION OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

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South Sea Islands is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOUTH SEA ISLANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

South Sea Islands

Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs. Historically, they were experienced sailors and used stars to navigate during the night. The term "Polynesia" was first used in 1756 by French writer Charles de Brosses, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a restriction on its use during a lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris.

Definition of South Sea Islands in the English dictionary

The definition of South Sea Islands in the dictionary is the islands in the S Pacific that constitute Oceania.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

South Lanarkshire
South Moluccas
South Orkney Islands
South Ossetia
South Ossetian Autonomous Region
South Pacific
South Pole
South Saskatchewan
South Sea Bubble
South Sea Company
South Seas
South Shetland Islands
South Shields
South Sudan
South Tirol
South Tyneside
South Tyrol
South Vietnam
South Vietnamese
South Wales

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
hands
Highlands
Hollands
Islands
Keeling Islands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midlands
Netherlands
Northern Mariana Islands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of South Sea Islands in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «South Sea Islands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

Find out the translation of South Sea Islands to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of South Sea Islands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «South Sea Islands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

南海诸岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Islas del Mar del Sur
570 millions of speakers

English

South Sea Islands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिण सागर द्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر بحر الجنوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Южное море острова
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ilhas dos Mares do Sul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণ সাগর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Îles des mers du Sud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepulauan Laut Selatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Südsee-Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

南洋諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남해 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapuloan Laut Kidul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Quần đảo Biển Đông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தென் கடல் தீவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दक्षिण समुद्र बेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güney Denizi Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Isole del Mare del Sud
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wyspy South Sea
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Південне море острова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Insulele Marea de Sud
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Νήσοι Νότια Θάλασσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Suid- See -eilande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

South Sea Islands
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sydhavsøyer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of South Sea Islands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH SEA ISLANDS»

The term «South Sea Islands» is regularly used and occupies the 103.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH SEA ISLANDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about South Sea Islands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUTH SEA ISLANDS»

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The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands: ...
Aboard this ship was Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American and wife of Robert Louis Stevenson. This is Fanny's account of her journey.
Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, Roslyn Jolly, 2003
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The World in Miniature: South Sea Islands: Being a ...
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by R. Ackermann in London, 1820. This book contains color illustrations.
Frederic Shoberl, 2005
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A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea ...
John Williams. U. . I CHAPTER XIII. A Tradition—How the Rurotongans first obtained their Knowledge of the Europeans—They pray to their gods that Ships may visit their Island —A Ship, supposed to be the Bounty, arrives—The Tides— The ...
John Williams, 1837
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six ...
... Embarkation for England — Visit to Fare — Improvement of the settlement — Visit to Rurutu and Raivavai — Propagation of Christianity by native converts — Final departure from the South Sea Islands. Mr. Orsmond, who removed to Raiatea ...
William Ellis, 1829
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A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea ...
The Story of Martin Lopez required being noticed, that the foundation for believing the light olive- coloured natives of the South Sea Islands to be a mixed breed, descending from Spaniards and native Islanders, might be examined. Thirty-eight ...
James Burney, 1817
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Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics
Pre-modern Islands of the South Seas Some of the most important ethnographic studies done in the early 1920s, focusing on people in the South Sea Islands, continue to be influential in our thinking about sexuality and "other" cultures today .
Margaret A. Farley, 2006
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South Sea Languages, a Series of Studies on the Languages of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Donald MacDonald, 2010
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A Voyage of Discovery, Into the South Sea and Beering's ...
We saw here the stuff made of the bark of trees, which is manufactured in most of the South Sea islands, for some of the men wear short cloaks of it ; and the women, who stood at a great distance, were entirely wrapped in it. To > judge by the ...
Otto von Kotzebue, 1821
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The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands
The Pacific is inconstant and uncertain like the soul of man.
W. Somerset Maugham, 2010
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South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in ...
In the TV series the protagonist Adam Troy (played by Gardner McKay) plied his schooner Tiki between South Sea islands searching for adventure. The name Adam Troy itself, I can see in retrospect, evokes both a prelapsarian Garden of ...
Michael Sturma, 2002

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUTH SEA ISLANDS»

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Pentagon: Challenging China Over South Sea Islands 'The Next Step'
In the latest indication yet that the US military intends to challenge China's claims to a series of islands in the South China Sea, Pentagon officials are saying ... «Antiwar.com, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. South Sea Islands [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/south-sea-islands>. May 2024 ».
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