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AUSTRAL ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Austral Islands mean?
• AUSTRAL ISLANDS (noun)
The noun AUSTRAL ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a chain of small islands in French Polynesia
Familiarity information: AUSTRAL ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chain of small islands in French Polynesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Austral Islands; Tubuai Islands
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Austral Islands" is a part of...):
French Oceania; French Polynesia (a French overseas possession in the South Pacific)
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