french polynesia

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Definition von french polynesia im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Fransız Polinezyası

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Definition von french polynesia im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of French Polynesia

A French overseas territory in the south-central Pacific Ocean comprising some 120 islands, including the Society, Marquesas, and Austral islands and the Tuamotu archipelago. It was organized as a territory in 1903. Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, is the capital. Population: 166,753. about 130 islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, including Tahiti, which belong to France. Population: 253,506 (2001). Capital: Papeete. French Polynésie Française formerly French Oceania French overseas territory (pop., 2002 est.: 242,000), in the southern Pacific Ocean. French Polynesia has an area of some 1,550 sq mi (4,000 sq km), comprising 130 islands in five archipelagoes: the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, and the Austral Islands. Tahiti, in the Society group, is the largest island and the site of the capital, Papeete. More than two-thirds of the population of French Polynesia lives on Tahiti. The islands became French protectorates in the 1840s, and in the 1880s the French colony of Oceania was established. It became an overseas territory of France after World War II and was granted partial autonomy in 1977

{i} group of islands in the South Pacific that together form an overseas territory of France

a French overseas possession in the South Pacific

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French Po·ly·ne·sia

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frenç pälînijı

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/ˈfrenʧ ˌpäləˈnēᴢʜə/ /ˈfrɛnʧ ˌpɑːlɪˈniːʒə/