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Definition of Society Islands

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

Definition of Society Islands

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Society Islands

Literary usage of Society Islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1833)
"The Society Islands include Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Borabora, ... among others by M. Malte Brun, under the general designation of the Society Islands. ..."

2. Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1853)
"... the island of Raiatea—Subversion of idolatry in Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, and Borabora—General reception of Christianity in the Society Islands—Abolition ..."

3. Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1853)
"... services in the families of the principal chiefs—K fleets of our visit— Departure for the Society Islands— ..."

4. Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, London Missionary Society (1832)
"Islands which have received Christianity—Language of the Natives of the Society Islands—Destruction of Idols—Domestic Manufactures—Presents from the ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"(See ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE.) A " Social Science Association," organized in Boston in 1865, had in 1874 about 300 members. Society Islands, a group in the ..."

6. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1851)
"WE shall next join our navigators at the Society Islands, where they arrived on the 14th of ... He describes the natural productions of the Society Islands; ..."

7. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Anatomical Society" , Society Islands, Pacific Ocean, discovered by De ... Cook, who visited them in 1769 and 1777, named them Society Islands in honour of ..."

8. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... long exposure reached the Society Islands and eventually landed at Raiatea, where he met the Rev. John Williams (qv) of the London Missionary Society. ..."

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