"Mwomwehda Remixed" By V6 Productions (A Micronesian Song About A Woman From The Pacific Islands Who Is Trying To Forget Her Roots)

Pohnpei Updater, Oct. 24, 2019
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This record is a remix of the 1996 [?] Micronesian song "Mwomwehda" by The Islanders.
V6 Productions is a group from Pohnei in the Caroline Islands, Federation of Micronesia.  
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Statistics as of March 19, 2021 at 3:25 PM ET 
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This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the 2019 hit record "Mwomwehda Remixed" by the Micronesian music group V6 Production.

The Pohnpeian lyrics for this song are included in this post along along with English translation and selected comments from this video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the original composer of this song and thanks to V6 Productions for their remix. Thanks aso to the publisher of this song on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-does-aapi-mean-with-information.html for a pancocojams post entitled "What Does AAPI Mean? (with information about Micronesia. Melanesia, And Polynesia)".

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/03/two-youtube-sound-file-versions-of.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Two YouTube Sound File Versions Of The Micronesian Song "Mwomwehda" (The Original Song By The Islanders & A Marshalese Cover Of That Song)"

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LYRICS- MWOMWEHDA REMIXED 
(performed by V6 Productions with Pohnpeian lyrics)
"Alright

Here we go again

V6 production right back at it again

 

We got your boyyy

Root boil

Raynard Steven

Wawa & Kod

 
Men kawehwehwehi meh ke paioang

Dil elimoang deh weseijuwi ape

Kapw nanantioang ken mehn wahilah

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli

2x...

Piripirin mweiet meh apwal

Tohtohn aramas soangosoang rehn mehn wahilah

Raraun seli

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli

2x...

Mwomwehda...

Mwomwehda...

Mwomwehda..

Apw apwal

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli

2x....

Men kawehwehwehi meh ke paioang

Dil elimoang deh weseijuwi ape

Kapw nanantioang ken mehn wahilah

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli..

2x.....

Soangen ai kin pahki amw sismile en

Dahn ke kaselel sohte me duweiuhk

iapw men toahno piano ki ngimw kahn

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli

2x...

Ih manimani uhk ke pirekekitoa

Kapwad louwomwem koh kapir mwesemwen

Oadin ai kilangda soangen

Wiepoa kapw wehn

Ke pil kapw kos oh kilin oau wehiwehi tahtah seli

2x....

Enjoy

If any misspelled

I apologize
-posted by X FOXX, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHAARqzWK8&ab_channel=PohnpeiUpdater discussion thread

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MWOMWEHDA REMIXED (English translation posted by Seek High, 2020 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHAARqzWK8&ab_channel=PohnpeiUpdater discussion thread

Pancocojams Editor's Note: Comments from the blogger are written in italics to distinguish them from the lyrics.

"V6 productions right back at it again. We here root boii, Raynard Stephen, Wawa, and Kod. (Introduction of the singers)

 I want to tell you that you look better being brown skinned ( not sure if that’s what he meant or it being shiny or tanned like the 🦀) and collecting firewood but you’re trying to be white. You even curl your hair and wear makeup(red lipstick)2x

This generation is so difficult, many are trying to be white cruising around. You curl your hair and wear makeup( red lipstick). 2x

Pretentious , pretentious , but you’re poor. You curl your hair and wear makeup(red lipstick). 2x

I want to tell you that you look better being brown skinned ( not sure if that’s what he meant or it being shiny or tanned like the 🦀) and collecting firewood but you’re trying to be white. You even curl your hair and wear makeup(red lipstick)2x

I love how you smile, you are so beautiful and nobody is like you. I just want play with your teeth like a piano. You even curl your hair and wear red lipstick. (I’m not sure if the singer here is trying to be sarcastic 😂) 2x

I was trying to get your attention but you turned around stick your tongue and rolled your eyes at me. I have never seen an attitude like that before. You even curl your hair and wear lipstick. 2x

The song is basically addressing how islanders have become whitewashed when they should appreciate where they come from. I hope they’ll forgive me if I made the lyrics sound horrid. It’s not the best translation but I tried with the best of my knowledge. I personally love the song."

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ADDITIONAL SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

1. Dom David, 2019
"I think this was ISlANDERS,  back in 1996.. not really sure correct me if I'm wrong. Either way this new version is unbelievable.. go Pohnpei"
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This song was first recorded by The Islanders.

I haven't found any information about this group. Were they also from Pohnpei? 

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2. micronesian culture, 2019
"Mwohmwehda means like stuck up person kilim awe weiweijajaseli means lipstick red this song just talking bout islanders who come to the states and act like americans"

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3. Elton Phillip, 2019
"Mwomweda means wanna be"
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Here's a definition for "wanna be" from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wannabe
"a person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act like someone else"
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The term "wanna be" originated in African American Vernacular English.

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4. Bing Ngeskebei, 2019
"I feel sorry for that Girl.... American wanna Be.. well soon she will regret her behavior... Be proud of where you came from... Every where you everyone are all the same .. there are good ones and bad one.. but don't let that stop you or ashame of where you came from.. cuz in the End.. God knows where you came from... By the what's that short hair pujak.. the thick and cute 🤩🤩🤩🤩... Keep up the good work.. God bless you all.. Happy Holidays...."

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5. alodia lodge, 2019
"What does mwomwedha mean?? Great song tho!"

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6. antonio Kogol, 2020
"Its means SHOW OFF. Basically someone that went to U.S and forgot their roots and who they were and became a show off like he forgot being an islander lol."

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7. Eskiel Tigpoumal, 2019
"Can somebody tell me where these boys from?which part in kitti?I’m from pni n I’m a missionary in Marshall Island n it’s so funny cuz you go around n this song is playing at these house n you thought there might be pohnpeians there but you asked n they say no.only Marshallese...😃but it makes me miss my home place pni...lol...this song is so match these pohnpeian that trying to get all da money to be special n forgot where they came from....n become mwomwehda...lol n forgot that God gives n he will take away whenever He wants...don’t worry you are special in God’s eyes when you still in da womb...."

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8. Jenna Karla, 2019
"Eskiel Tigpoumal This is a Micronesian song not just phonpei"

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9. Georgia Thang, 2019
"Jenna Karla ?? It’s a Pohnpeian AND a micronesian song bruddah lol"

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10. ricnesianboy
"Georgia Thang more like their cover or version of the song. Original still good and a classic tho."

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11. ardo cruz banegas, 2019
"Hola alguien me puede desir que idioma es que está en la canción"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"Hello, can someone tell me what language is in the song?"

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12. Santos Fanupe, 2019
"Pohnpeian"

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13. Maria Tatira, 2019
"can someone translate???"

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14. Brandon Helgenberger, 2019
"Maria T

They sing bout losing sight of where they came from

Walking around with red lipstick...

😂😂"

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15. David Vega, 2019
"Talks about people trying hard to act like they're American."

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16. Roseann Pedro, 2019
"Im marshallese and im a micronesian🖤and this song is so popular at masrhall island everybody listen to it on new years day and everywhere you go you hear it.."

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17. Georgia Thang, 2019
"All Pohnpeians know this is an old song but they remixed it so good"

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18. TheMc3jane, 2019
"UM Excuse me?!

MICRONESIANS KNOW THIS"

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19. Deilani Abraham, 2019
"For those who don't understand the lyrics.... This song is about a girl in this era being all Americanized and so bougie(boujee) that she wears red lip stick with a new hair-style and when this guy tries to hit on her she rolls her eyes (because she probably thinks he's not on her level). Long story short "don't forget where you come from and be kind and treat everyone with respect because that's the island way"."
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"Bougie" (boujee) originated in African American Vernacular English. Here's an excerpt from https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2017/06/30/what-youre-really-saying-when-you-call-something-bougie/37433439/
"Urban Dictionary's top entry for bougie defines it thus: “Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists.” So in modern-day English, someone who is bougie is creating an air of wealth or upper class status — whether it's true or not.Jun 30, 2017"

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20. Upuialeilani Iniguez, 2020
"So true,,no matter where u from in ALL ISLANDS we are so Proud of ALL OUR CULTURE  it ALL down To RESPECT,, Polynesian/Micronesia and melanesian,, ONE Love ♥️❤️❤️

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What Does AAPI Mean? (with information about Micronesia. Melanesia, And Polynesia)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision: March 29, 2022

This pancocojams post provides information about the abbreviation "AAPI" and provides general information about Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
  

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I was motivated to search for information about Micronesia after looking up the meaning of the abbreviation "AAPI" (Asian American Pacific Islanders"). I looked up that abbreviation after reading recent newspaper articles about the huge rise in violent assaults on AAPi in the United States. Here's a link to a pancocojams post that I wrote about that topic:
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/03/article-excerpt-tweets-about-three.html "Article Excerpt & Tweets About Three Asian Spas Targeted & Eight People Killed In Atlanta, Georgia (March 16, 2021)" .

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WHAT DOES "AAPI MEAN?
"AAPi" is an abbreviation for "Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders".

Here's an excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans
"Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. The term refers to a panethnic group in the United States with origins from East Asia, Indian subcontinent, or Southeast Asia, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.[4] This includes people who indicate their race(s) on the census as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Other Asian".[5] In modern times, this term excludes Americans with ethnic origins in other parts of Asia, such as West Asia, who are now considered Middle Eastern Americans and thus, are classified as "White Americans".[6][7] In 2018, Asian Americans comprised 5.4% of the U.S. population; including multiracial Asian Americans, that percentage increases to 6.5%.[8]"...

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WHAT DOES PACIFIC ISLANDER MEAN?
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander#:~:text=Pacific%20Islanders%2C%20Pasifika%2C%20or%20Pasefika,%2C%20Melanesia%2C%20and%20Polynesia).
"Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, or Pasefika, are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. It is a geographic and ethnic/racial term to describe the inhabitants and diaspora of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania (Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia). It is also sometimes used to describe inhabitants of the Pacific islands (i.e. citizens of Pacific states who are of Asian and European descent who call the Pacific their home).

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The Pacific islands consist of three main regions:

Polynesia

The islands are scattered across a triangle covering the east-central region of the Pacific Ocean. The triangle is bound by the Hawaiian Islands in the north, New Zealand in the west, and Easter Island in the east. The rest of Polynesia includes the Samoan islands (American Samoa and Western Samoa), the Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti and The Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago), Niue Island, Tokelau and Tuvalu, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Rotuma Island, Pitcairn Island, Nukuoro, and Kapingamarangi.

Melanesia

The island of New Guinea, the Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos, the Admiralty Islands, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea (part of Indonesia), Aru Islands, Kei Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands (part of the Solomon Islands), New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), Fiji, Norfolk Island and various smaller islands.

Micronesia

Kiribati, Nauru, the Marianas (Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae, all in the Caroline Islands).

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INFORMATION ABOUT MICRONESIA

From http://www.visit-micronesia.fm/about/index.html
"About the Federated States of Micronesia

Geography

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a grouping of 607 small islands in the Western Pacific about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, lying just above the Equator. Generally speaking, the FSM comprises what is known as the Western and Eastern Caroline Islands.

While the country's total land area amounts to only 270.8 square miles, it occupies more than one million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, and ranges 1,700 miles from West (Yap) to East (Kosrae) . Each of the four States centers around one or more "high islands," and all but Kosrae include numerous atolls.

Yap State is made up of 4 large islands, 7 small islands and 134 atolls, with a total land area of 45.6 square miles. Chuuk State has a total land area of 49.2 square miles and includes seven major island groups. Pohnpei State has 133.4 square miles of land area, of which 130 is accounted for by Pohnpei island, the largest in FSM. Kosrae is essentially one high island of 42.3 square miles.

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Language

English is the official language of the government and of commerce.

Eight major indigenous languages spoken: Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaians, Chuukese, Pohnpeians, Kosraeans, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi.

Many elderly people are fluent in Japanese.

[…]

People

The people of the FSM are classified as Micronesians, although some inhabitants of Pohnpei State are of Polynesian origin. They are actually a heterogeneous mixture with different customs and traditions bound together by recent history and common aspiration.

The cultural diversity is typified by the existence of eight major indigenous languages, although English remains the official language of commerce. The cultural similarities are indicated by the importance of traditional extended family and clan systems found on each island.

Each of the State has developed unique cultural characteristics which are important to the potential outsiders especially those interested in visiting or investing in the islands. In Kosrae State, the Congregational Church plays an extremely important role in everyday life while in Chuuk, clan relationships remain an important factor. Yap continues as the most traditional society in the FSM with a strong caste system.

Over the last 15 years Pohnpei has rapidly developed as the most westernized state in the nation. This results in large part because the national government is located here. At the same time, traditional leadership continues to play an important role.

Over much of the last 40 years, the growth rate of population in the FSM has exceeded 3% per annum and the current rate of national increase remains high. However, since the Compact of Free Association was signed out-migration of about 2% of the population occurs each year, effectively lowering the growth rate to about 1%.

The population structure is heavily weighted in favor of the youth, and it is expected that the 15-24 age group will account for 50% of the population increase in this decade.

Culture

The people of the FSM are culturally and linguistically Micronesian, with a small number of Polynesians living primarily on Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi atolls of Pohnpei State. The influence of European and Japanese contacts is also seen.

It can be said that each of the four States exhibits its own distinct culture and tradition, but there are also common cultural and economic bonds that are centuries old. For example, cultural similarities are evidenced in the importance of the traditional extended family and clan systems found on each island.

Although united as a country, the people are actually a heterogeneous mixture with different customs and traditions bound together by recent history and common aspirations. The cultural diversity is typified by the existence of eight major indigenous languages, and its peoples continue to maintain strong traditions, folklore and legends.

The four states of the FSM are separated by large expanses of water. Prior to Western contact, this isolation led to the development of unique traditions, customs and language on each of the islands.

English is the official language, and there are eight major indigenous languages of the Malayo-Polynesian linguistic family spoken in the FSM: Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Nukuoro, and Kapingamarangi.

There is a rich oral history. Part of this history is a unique musical heritage. The traditional music is carried forward from generation to generation, although upon tuning into the local radio station the visitor is far more likely to hear the distinctive sounds of Micronesian pop music, which has also developed its own character from state to state. Influenced obviously by traditional music, the FSM's pop music also draws from influences as diverse as American country and western, reggae, and modern europop.”…

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INFORMATION ABOUT MELANESIA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesians
"Melanesians are the predominant and indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia, in a wide area from Maluku Islands and New Guinea to as far east as the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji. Most speak either one of the many languages of the Austronesian language family, especially ones in the Oceanic branch, or from one of the many unrelated families of Papuan languages. Other languages are the several creoles of the region, such as Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Solomon Islands Pijin, Bislama, and Papuan Malay.[1]

 A 2011 survey found that 92.1% of Melanesians are Christians.[2]

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a 2008 study, which was based on genome scans and evaluation of more than 800 genetic markers among a wide variety of Pacific peoples... found that neither Polynesians nor Micronesians have much genetic relation to Melanesians. Both groups are strongly related genetically to East Asians, particularly Taiwanese aborigines.[4] It appeared that, having developed their sailing outrigger canoes, the ancestors of the Polynesians migrated from East Asia, moved through the Melanesian area quickly on their way, and kept going to eastern areas, where they settled. They left little genetic evidence in Melanesia, "and only intermixed to a very modest degree with the indigenous populations there".[7] Nevertheless, the study still found a small Austronesian genetic signature (below 20%) in less than half of the Melanesian groups who speak Austronesian languages, and which was entirely absent in the Papuan-speaking groups.[4][7]

The study found a high rate of genetic differentiation and diversity among the groups living within the Melanesian islands, with the peoples not only distinguished between the islands, but also by the languages, topography, and size of an island. Such diversity developed over the tens of thousands of years since initial settlement, as well as after the more recent arrival of Polynesian ancestors at the islands. Papuan-speaking groups in particular were found to be the most differentiated, while Austronesian-speaking groups along the coastlines were more intermixed.[4][7]

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Melanesians of some islands are one of the few non-European peoples, and the only dark-skinned group of people outside Australia, known to have blond hair. The blonde trait developed via the TYRP1 gene, which is not the same gene that causes blondness in European blonds.[10]

History of classification

Early European explorers noted the physical differences among groups of Pacific Islanders. In 1756 Charles de Brosses theorized that there was an 'old black race' in the Pacific who were conquered or defeated by the peoples of what is now called Polynesia, whom he distinguished as having lighter skin.[11]:189–190 By 1825 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent developed a more elaborate, 15-race model of human diversity.[12] He described the inhabitants of modern-day Melanesia as Mélaniens, a distinct racial group from the Australian and Neptunian (i.e. Polynesian) races surrounding them.[11]:178

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Melanesian areas of Oceania

The predominantly Melanesian areas of Oceania include parts of the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of Eastern Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara, New Guinea and surrounding islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. New Caledonia and nearby Loyalty Islands for most of their history have had a majority Melanesian population, but the proportion has dropped to 43% in the face of modern immigration.[24]

The largest and most populous Melanesian country is Papua New Guinea. The largest city in Melanesia is Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea with about 318,000 people, mostly of Melanesian ancestry.[25]

In Australia, the total population of Torres Strait Islanders, a Melanesian people, as of 30 June 2016, was about 38,700 identifying as being of Torres Strait Islander origin only, and 32,200 of both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander origin (a total of 70,900).[26]"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT POLYNESIA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia
"Polynesia ... is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in common, including language relatedness, cultural practices, and traditional beliefs.[1] In centuries past, they had a strong shared tradition of sailing and using stars to navigate at night. The largest country in Polynesia is New Zealand.

The term Polynésie was first used in 1756 by the French writer Charles de Brosses, who originally applied it to all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a narrower definition during a lecture at the Geographical Society of Paris. By tradition, the islands located in the southern Pacific have also often been called the South Sea Islands,[2] and their inhabitants have been called South Sea Islanders. The Hawaiian Islands have often been considered to be part of the South Sea Islands because of their relative proximity to the southern Pacific islands, even though they are in fact located in the North Pacific. Another term in use, which avoids this inconsistency, is “the Polynesian Triangle” (from the shape created by the layout of the islands in the Pacific Ocean). This term makes clear that the grouping includes the Hawaiian Islands, which are located at the northern vertex of the referenced “triangle.

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Island groups
The following are the islands and island groups, either nations or overseas territories of former colonial powers, that are of native Polynesian culture or where archaeological evidence indicates Polynesian settlement in the past.[3] Some islands of Polynesian origin are outside the general triangle that geographically defines the region.

American Samoa - Unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States; self-governing under supervision of the Office of Insular Affairs

Cook Islands - Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand

Easter Island - Province and special territory of Chile

French Polynesia - Overseas country of France

Hawaii - U.S. state

New Zealand - Sovereign state

Niue - Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand

Norfolk Island - External Territory of Australia

Pitcairn Islands - British Overseas Territory

Rotuma Rotuma - Fijian dependency

Samoa - Sovereign state

Tokelau - Dependent territory of New Zealand

Tonga -  Sovereign state

Tuvalu- Sovereign state

Wallis and Futuna - Overseas collectivity of France"

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