English Explanatory Dictionary

Society Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of islands in the South Pacific; part of French Polynesia.

Word forms

Society Islands

Etymology

Disputed. Named by James Cook in 1769, supposedly in honour of the Royal Society.

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