Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POL-Y-NE'SIA, a. [s as z. Gr. πολυς, many, and νησος, isle.]

A new term in geography, used to designate a great number of isles in the Pacific ocean, as the Pelew isles, the Ladrones, the Carolines, the Sandwich isles, the Marquesas, the Society isles and the Friendly isles. – De Brosses. Pinkerton.