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Society Islands   /səsˈaɪəti ˈaɪləndz/   Listen
Society Islands

noun
1.
An island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa.






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"Society Islands" Quotes from Famous Books



... was described in Christie's catalogue as follows: "A nude woman, a native of the Society Islands, is lying on the ground beside a brook. Behind is a tropical Landscape with palm-trees, bananas, etc. 60 in. x ...
— The Moon and Sixpence • W. Somerset Maugham

... people round the neighborhood. I expect to be home in twenty-two months or thereabouts. I have seen Samuel Laterett. Beware! There has happened very bad news to tell you, that Peter Jackson is dead. He died within two days' sail of Otaheite, one of the Society Islands. The Peter Jackson that used to live at Laterett's; he died on board the ship Done, of Nantucket, Captain Miller, in the latitude 15 53, and longitude 148 30 W. I have no more to say at present, but write ...
— The Narrative of Sojourner Truth • Sojourner Truth



Words linked to "Society Islands" :   French Oceania, French Polynesia, archipelago, Tahiti



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