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Marquesas Islands

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Noun

1. iles marquises, marquesas islands

a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia

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Marquesas Islands

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plural noun
a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
. French name: Îles Marquises (il markiz)

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Marquesas Islands

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group of islands in French Polynesia, in the E South Pacific: 405 sq mi (1,049 sq km); pop. 7,500

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Marquesas Islands

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A volcanic archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, part of French Polynesia. Portions of the Marquesas were claimed for Spain in 1595 and for the United States in 1791, but France took definitive possession of the archipelago in 1842.

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