GAMBIER ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gambier Islands mean? 

• GAMBIER ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun GAMBIER ISLANDS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GAMBIER ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMBIER ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Holonyms ("Gambier Islands" is a part of...):

French Oceania; French Polynesia (a French overseas possession in the South Pacific)