| 单词 | pacific islander |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPacific Islander Pacific Islander n. a native or inhabitant of any of the islands in the (South) Pacific, esp. an indigenous person of Polynesia, a South Sea Islander. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun] Otaheitan1769 South Sea Islander1777 Pacific Islander1785 Polynesian1807 Fijian1809 Tahitian1825 Pitcairner1831 Rarotongan1837 Micronesian1847 Tongan1853 Samoan1856 Niuean1863 Solomon Islander1864 Lifuan1873 Cook Islander1888 Gilbertese1902 Nauruan1921 Trobriander1922 Pascuan1937 Palauan1946 Marshallese1948 Trobriand Islander1951 Belauan1974 Tuvaluan1975 1785 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (ed. 2) I. 400 (note) Another of the very few specimens of the dialect of the North Pacific Islanders, preserved by father Cantova, furnishes an additional proof. 1851 Morning Chron. 14 Nov. 4/3 The forces which have driven the Red Indian from his hunting grounds are mercy itself to the instruments which have been employed in the destruction and debasement of the Pacific-islander. 1919 Times 31 Mar. 6/2 Some of them [sc. the New Zealand forwards], especially the Pacific Islander Wilson..handle the ball like backs. 1993 This Mag. Aug. 34/1 Miss Saigon is the latest in a long list of near-identical productions about Asian and Pacific Islander people written by non-Asians. < as lemmas |
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